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Nehemiah, the 5th century governor of Judea, has an important spiritual lesson for us today. Nehemiah led the project of re-building the walls of Jer…
19 years, 5 months ago
The Task of the Church
As we enter into ordinary time, we reflect with St. Paul on the ordinary task of the church: the discernment and exercise of the gifts of the Holy Sp…
19 years, 5 months ago
Biblical Family Values
There are family values in the Bible, but they might not be the ones you'd expect. The Biblical authors--both Old Testament and New--put a stress, no…
19 years, 6 months ago
The Inexhaustibly Fascinating Figure of Mary
On the final Sunday of Advent, the Church invites us to consider the inexhaustibly fascinating figure of Mary. The Mother of God is a figure of faith…
19 years, 6 months ago
What Should We Do?
Our Gospel for today centers around a question that is bracing in its directness and simplicity. A group of people come to the Baptist and ask "what …
19 years, 6 months ago
Return Home
In our first reading for this week, we hear the prophet Baruch predicting the return of the children of Israel to Zion. God will level the mountains …
19 years, 6 months ago
The Second Coming
The readings for this first Sunday of Advent focus, not on the historical coming of Jesus at Bethlehem, but rather at his eschatological coming at th…
19 years, 7 months ago
Pilate and Jesus
In the confrontation between Pilate and Jesus we see, according to Benedict XVI, a clash of two visions of politics. Pilate, who cynically dismisses …
19 years, 7 months ago
Christ the High Priest
For the past several weeks, we have been reading from the extraordinary letter to the Hebrews, the principal theme of which is the priesthood of Jesu…
19 years, 7 months ago
The Chief of the Nations
Our first reading for Mass this week contains the most sacred prayer in the Jewish tradition, the "Sh'ma." In the Gospel, when asked which commandmen…
19 years, 8 months ago