The Readings at today’s Sacrifice of the Mass points to an axiomatic truth in the spiritual life; that when God does the impossible in your life it is for your benefit just as much as it is for the benefit of all His people. It [...]

Today’s Gospel Reading at Mass comes from Luke 7:24-30: When the messengers of John the Baptist had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. “What did you go out to the desert to see a reed swayed by the wind? Then what [...]

Today’s Reading at the Weekday Mass comes from Matthew 11:16-19: Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, “We played the flute for you, but you did not [...]

The second week of Advent, in our preparation for the coming of Christ, is the time when we reflect on the ministry of John the Baptist, who I prefer to call John the Waymaker. There are any number of ministries that we can extract from the Scriptures, but in the New Testament it is usually the Peterine Ministry that Catholics are more familiar with, and the Pauline Ministry that all Christians have a general understanding of.

When John the Baptist heard in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus with this question, “Are you the one who is to come,or should we look for another?”Jesus said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what [...]

There is a very interesting pattern that emerges from sacred Scripture where it concerns the call of the first disciples and their decision to follow Jesus. The Gospel of John narrates it the best of all the Gospel accounts. According to The Gospel of John, [...]