18th Sunday of the Year – To Accumulate Goods for Oneself is Madness

Introduction Three times in the Gospel of Luke Jesus was asked for indications about inheritance. “What…

17th Sunday of the Year

REFLECTION There is this human tendency we all have of avoiding persons and experiences which make…

17th Sunday of the Year

“Teach us how to pray,” the disciples asked Jesus. This is the longing of our souls.…

17th Sunday of the Year – The Lord teaches us to pray

A little boy was standing on the banks of the Mississippi River waving and shouting at…

17th Sunday of the Year – Learn once more to trust

Luke and Matthew have collected in their respective gospels some words of Jesus which, doubtless, remained…

17th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Here’s something you probably don’t know. Brooklyn is farm country. No, not like the farms in…

17th Sunday of the Year

St. Theresa of Avila was known to be a holy person and a prayerful person. She…

17th Sunday of the Year

IT WAS THE CUSTOM for a Jewish rabbi or teacher to teach his followers a simple…

17th Sunday of the Year – Prayer: A Struggle With God

Introduction Whatever their religion, the believers in God pray. Even Christians pray. They pray for the…

16th Sunday of the Year

The lawyer asks Jesus: What must I do to inherit eternal life? He surely wanted to…