In today’s first reading we hear how an angel seizes Satan and imprisons him in the abyss for a thousand years. This passage has been the source of much speculation and endless calculation as people catch “millennial fever” trying to figure out when this 1,000-year...
Today, Thanksgiving, is a special day to give thanks. We as Christians gives thanks in a special way in the Eucharist. The word Eucharist comes from the Greek verb, “to give thanks.” Paul uses this verb in our second reading: “I give thanks to my God always on your...
In today’s Gospel Jesus performs a prophetic action in the Jerusalem Temple. Jesus “entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things.” Why does he do this? He quotes the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah: “It is written, My house shall be...
In today’s first reading the seer John has a heavenly vision. “I had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, ‘Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards.’” (4:1). He sees the...
The word Eucharist comes from the Greek word “to give thanks.” As we hear in today’s Gospel only one of the ten lepers returned “fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him (eucharistōn).” This man, since he was both a leper and a Samaritan, was truly an outsider and...
