There are four people in today’s Gospel with Jesus. Simon and Andrew who were fishermen. Plus, the sons of Zebedee, James and John who were also fishermen. They had spent their whole lives studying and practicing the fishing business. They knew about fishing: when to...
Once again, we find Jesus at odds with the Pharisees, scholars and doctors of the law. Today he is particularly hard on the religious leaders and at the end of their encounter they decide to plot against him. The key to the Law in the Old Testament was to draw the...
Sometimes I think the Gospel is a collection of Jesus’ shocking attitudes, actions, and comments. Today we find Jesus in a really shocking scene. He is invited to dine in the home of a pharisee. That home and that supper would have been completely proper and formal in...
As modern-day readers of the Gospel, it is easy for us to miss the profoundness of what really happened in today’s incident from the Gospel. When a husband dies, we are accustomed to counting on life insurance, savings, Medicaid, Medicare, veteran benefits, retirement...
A yoke is a heavy restricting harness that is used to force large animals of burden to work together to pull heavy loads. Usually, a yoke is made of a beam of wood that rests on the oxen’s shoulder and more wood that wraps around the neck and chest to force two or...
