Do you bear fruit? 3rd Sunday of Lent Jesus received a tragic report. Some Galileans were killed by Pilate and their blood was mingled with their sacrifices. Jesus knew there was something the people wanted to insinuate, that these dead…
TRANSFORMED BY PRAYER 2nd Sunday of Lent C Lenten readings call us to deep and sincere change. Today, we witness Jesus undergo a profound change on the mountain. As he was transfigured, he was enveloped in a brilliance…
TRIUMPH OVER TEMPTATIONS 1st Sunday of Lent C The more I admired Jesus when I read and prepared for the Sunday gospel this week. If I were famished and given the chance to “produce” bread, I would have readily made…
FROM TERROR TO TRUST 5th Sunday, Ordinary What happens when a man or woman encounters God? The question may even be more appropriately stated: “What happens when God encounters a human being?,” since it is always God who makes the…
STOP REJECTING, START LOVING 4th Sunday, Ordinary The gospel tells a shocking twist about Jesus’ visit to his native town, Nazareth. This continues last week’s gospel in which we heard that Jesus read from the scroll of the Scriptures and…