When I was young, Lent was about what I was going to give up – candy, movies.  Later it took on something like the New Years resolution –...

Being the outsider is never easy.  Being excluded or left out hurts.  Throughout our lives we have all experienced occasions of being...

Busyness – it is truly the character of our lives.  The little piece of Mark’s Gospel that we hear this Sunday (Mk.1:29-39) expresses...

Mark, in his Gospel, describes Jesus coming into a synagogue (sacred space) on a Sabbath day (a sacred time).  While teaching in this...

Some ten years ago, a movie with the title, Warhorse came out in theaters. It was a movie that presented a striking approach to the...

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shone.  (Isaiah...

The joy and the hope, the grief and the anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are...

Our humanity carries a host of burdens, whether personal or global.  Grudges, past hurts and disappointments, old hatreds, intolerances -...

Here we are on the First Sunday of Advent/Christmas. It seemed to come so quickly. Like the first snow storm of the winter we seem...

Beginnings and endings are important. The first looks to the future, our goals, our aims our hopes and dreams. The second is about our...

Throughout the month of October, our global Christian community has experienced a remarkable and crucial event. Following some two years...

Have you ever found yourself in unfamiliar territory? Perhaps you were hiking in the woods. Or possibly you were driving in a new city...

Every once in a while, I think of how fortunate I have been for the opportunity to have more than 40 years of university teaching and...

Our world can be a dangerous place, but it is the world in which we find ourselves. Currently, we face many challenges. No one can...

Does God really care? Does God actually enter our human life? Our history? Sometimes this is hard to recognize. Evidence to the...

In our first reading this Sunday we hear from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah. Using the image of a banquet, Isaiah proclaims the...

This past week, on October 4 the “Synod on Synodality” opened in Rome. Two years ago (October 2021) Pope Francis launched the...

There is a basic human longing that we all share. We want peace. We want it for our world, we want it for our communities, for our...

What a wonder-filled gift is the capacity to be surprised. Our lives are filled with such occasions, some awesome, many quiet and simple....

One of the great symbols that we have in most of our churches and in many other spaces including our homes is the crucifix. This is an...