Today we find Jesus acting to cure a terrible disease called leprosy. This was a very scarry disease in the times when Jesus lived. I was incurable and contagious. The lepers had to live outside of the town, and they could only support themselves through begging. They...
When Jesus returns to this hometown at the beginning of his public ministry, he chose the reading from the prophet Isaiah that we just heard. It was obviously a reading that set the tone for his whole ministry. As such it should also be foundational in our own...
Today we look at one of the most iconic moments in the Gospel. We generally call it “the multiplication of the loaves”. The whole event is centered in the first verse that we just heard: his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a...
Yesterday we began the celebration of the second stage of Advent. These final days of preparation help us to focus on the joy of the historical birth of the Savior in Bethlehem. The Gospels insert us into the very human experience of Jesus’ birth into our human...
In this time of advent, time of waiting, the Word of God comes to us speaking of one city and two sons. We are given these images as a call to true waiting – change, repentance, conversion. The reading from Zephaniah speaks of the city that does not want to hear nor...
