Imaginary Visions of True Peace

Isaiah 55 has one of the most expansive invitations to the people of the earth to serve the one God.

Jesus’ feedings of the five thousand and the four thousand in the wilderness rank among the most powerful stories of Jesus’ ministry.

The trick to preaching about the man who asks to follow Jesus but goes away when asked to give what he owns and give the money to the poor and then follow him, is to explain it without explaining it away.

There is something intriguing, if frightening, yet hopeful, about transitions.

Is there such a thing as an ordinary meal with little or no sacramental value?

The Ascension is often thought of as a matter of Jesus going away from us.

How does one know a good shepherd from a bad one?

In Matthew’s Gospel, the Resurrection starts off with a bang in the form of an earthquake.

It is normal and laudable to think ahead to the legacy one might leave for posterity, hopefully a legacy to the good for others.

Few words of Mary, the Mother of Our Lord, are recorded in scripture.