Tag: Sunday Readings

It’s no good pretending the choice we are offered isn’t sad. But it’s also no good pretending that the alternative isn’t much, much worse.

Jesus gives his “little flock” a kingdom and marching orders to love.

If you had the chance to ask Jesus one question, what would it be? The Gospel for this Sunday gives a great example of what not to ask …

We forget that God is a real Father, who loves us … so much that he wants us to change.

Once you hear the end of Martha’s story you realize that centering your life on Christ doesn’t change your personality; it elevates it.

“You have answered correctly” Jesus is saying to pro-lifers. Now, “do this and you will live.”

Is it really a good idea to go penniless to people and expect them to feed in house you, all in return for challenging message about the cross? Apparently, it is.

“For freedom Christ set us free,” St. Paul said. It’s true: But the readings give us a picture of freedom redefines our ideas about what makes us free.

Worthily receiving communion says you willing to die with Jesus, Church Fathers say — and receiving it unworthily says you are willing to kill Jesus.

God is the Trinity, and God made us in his image. What does that mean for us? And how does it tell us what we should do?