Gospel Reflections for February 1 2015 At Mass you will hear the voice of God …and during the game you will hear the “voice” of the most brilliantly researched and effectively crafted commercials of the year. What’s the difference? The Super Bowl attracts an immense audience. People who never watch football will tune in. Advertisers […]

Gospel Reflections for January 25 2015 The first reading recalls God sending Jonah to the very bad city of Nineveh, a city in what is now present day Iraq. In previous verses God outlines just how terribly bad the Ninevites were, and sends Jonah to convert them, which he does amazingly fast. The Ninevites accept […]

Today’s Gospel reveals Jews desperately seeking a strong and bold leader to save them from Roman persecution. They ask Jesus, “Are you the one?” Islam also needs a leader. Why did Islamic Radicals commit these horrible crimes in France? Well, they also seek leaders to save them from a secular western culture and regain their […]

We have a lot of problems in our world in this Christmas season: North Korea hack attacks, New York police and violent demonstrators, Middle East tensions, and perhaps in your family as well. The Holy Family of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus also lived in a time of great unrest, upheaval, violence, and anxiety. Yet they […]