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 […]

Gospel Reflections for December 21, 2014 Think of all the impressive names we give to God; …All Powerful …All-Knowing …Almighty, and of course …God of the Universe.” That is an impressive list, and yet this immense power of God came to a crashing halt before a teenage girl in Galilee named Mary. God sends the […]

Gospel Reflections for December 14 2014 How are we to think about prisoners who were so harshly questioned by CIA interrogators years ago? Notice I did not indicate what we should think, but how we should think about them. It would be great if we had a direct quote from Jesus about what to think […]

The Gospel presents a strange scene. Thousands of people are walking for miles and miles, far into desert west of Jerusalem to see John the Baptist, not because they want to hear him speak, but because they want to acknowledge their own faults, their weakness, and sinfulness! Who would want to do that! They are […]

Thanksgiving is a good symbol of the three day Vatican Conference I attended last week. Thanksgiving is the one holiday that all can enjoy no matter what faith we have. People travel great distances just to be together on that day, and the dinner table is famous for having all kinds of different people at […]