Oct 27th, 2024: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

In biblical times blindness was very common due to poor hygiene and lack of medical care. Today we have eliminated many of the diseases that cause blindness. And we have invented all kinds of devices to improve our seeing. We have ordinary glasses, bifocals,...

Oct 20th, 2024: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We just heard James and John ask Jesus: “We want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”                                                    Just prior to James and John asking this question, although we didn’t hear it in the Gospel today, Jesus had just given his...

Sept 29th, 2024: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Where the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. Sounds like something to avoid, doesn’t it? If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. If your foot causes you to sin…cut it off. Now, our hands and feet don’t operate independently, do they? We guide them...