Introduction In common parlance, to be tempted means to feel attracted to what is forbidden. It…
Day: June 14, 2023
1st Sunday of Lent – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2
We are not computers with pre-installed programs wired into us. God could have created us that…
1st Sunday of Lent – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Lent is a time when those catechumens (“elect”) who are preparing for Christian initiation at the…
1st Sunday of Lent
THE GOSPEL of today’s Mass always features the temptations of Jesus in the desert. It clearly…
1st Sunday of Lent – The temptation of an illusory happiness
Introduction In common parlance, to be tempted means to feel attracted to what is forbidden. It…
8th Sunday of the year – He Saw That It Was Good
‘You cannot be a slave to God and to Mammon.’ In today’s Gospel Jesus shows us…
8th Sunday of the year
The poetic imagination of the biblical writers seems to know no bounds in their attempt to…
8th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Did Jesus tell his disciples not to worry “about your life, what you will eat or…
8th Sunday of the year
THE GOSPEL IS A STRONG CHALLENGE to the lifestyle that prevails in most of our cities…