The Letter to the Hebrews is a wonderful summary of salvation history and therefore is one of my favorite books of the Bible. In today’s...

The Gospel today presents in pretty stark tones the line between good and evil. These two sides are not equal, goodness grows and is...

I mentioned last week in the homily and probably several dozen others times, that I hate when people try to make the faith some abstract...

Today’s second reading is from the most well known part of the letter of St. James. It is his passage on faith and works, particularly...

Today’s Gospel is on the weirder side. The deaf man, unable to hear or to speak, is taken off to the side to be somewhat alone with...

In today’s Gospel Jesus excoriates the Pharisees and other hypocrites who follow human tradition but forget about the law and love of...

The readings this week are especially beautiful I think. We should read the entire sixth chapter of John in light of Jesus being the “new...