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 […]

Gospel Reflections for November 9 2014 The first reading has a compelling image of a massive flood of water pouring out in all directions from the Temple in Jerusalem. This is good news? When I see anything like that I call a plumber, but here the image is a positive metaphor for God’s abundantly flowing […]