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Back to SearchLight of the World, Salt of the Earth
The purpose of the Church is essentially extraverted. It exists for the sake of sanctifying the world. Thus Jesus tells his followers to be light for…
20 years, 11 months ago
The Beatitudes: A Spiritual Program
In the great opening verses of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus lays out, in short order, his ethical and spiritual program. It turns all of our custom…
20 years, 11 months ago
They Abandoned Everything
Our Gospel passage for today, taken from the 4th chapter of Matthew's Gospel, recounts the story of the call of the first disciples. When they encoun…
20 years, 11 months ago
Called, Set Apart, Sent
Cultural commentator Robert Bellah has characterized the typical American approach to religion as individualistic and driven by the desire for person…
21 years ago
The Baptism of the Lord
John the Baptist, the last and greatest of the prophets, correctly discerns that Jesus is the Son of God, but what he finds disconcerting is that thi…
21 years ago
Magi Came From the East
We see in the visit of the Magi to the Christ child the first hint of the internationalism of Christianity. Precisely because Jesus is the Word made …
21 years ago
The Word Became Flesh
The words of Thomas Jefferson defined our nation; the words of Abraham Lincoln strengthened its resolve at a time of unprecedented crisis; the words …
21 years ago
The Virgin Shall Be With Child
The fourth and final Isaian image for this Advent season is the most powerful and the most mysterious: the virgin shall be with child. Never underest…
21 years ago
The Blooming Desert
We have another great image from the prophet Isaiah this weekend: the blooming desert. So many of the Biblical heroes--Abraham, Moses, John the Bapti…
21 years, 1 month ago
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
In the eleventh chapter of the book of the prophet Isaiah, we find a description of the gifts of the Holy Spirit with which the Messiah will be embue…
21 years, 1 month ago