The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the Church’s ancient Marian celebrations. Its history is especially interesting because it begins in the Christian East, is connected with Jerusalem, and only later spreads westward to Rome. The feast appears to...
In today’s Gospel Jesus is confronted by some Jewish Scribes and Pharisees. The Pharisees are a lay reform movement within Judaism who are zealous for the things of God and seek to discern and to do God’s will. The Torah commands: “Remember the sabbath day—keep it...
Many times, our modern culture and mentality do not let us to understand what is happening in the Gospel events. We end up interpreting them with our modern eyes and we lose the true meaning. Today’s Gospel is one of those moments. When we hear the story about Jesus...
One day some fishermen are cleaning and mending their nets after a long night working without any success. As professional fishermen, they were experts in fishing and everything about their lake. They were prideful of their knowledge, experience, and trade. They knew...
We all know what it means for something to be contagious. Someone in the family catches a cold, and pretty soon everybody is trying not to catch it. We keep our distance. We wash our hands. We don’t want whatever that person has to spread to us. There is an...
