Society, at any age, can never get away from the problems posed by status and rank.  It was no different in the time of Jesus.  The old controversy about who was the greatest surfaces once again amongst the apostles.  This time James and John are requesting favored treatment from Jesus.  It was no small honour […]

In an age when many of us find it difficult to make ends meet, contemporary society bombards us with a set of values based on the need for material security. But the wisdom that comes from God measures differently and ranks power and riches as nothing. There is more to life than what is immediately […]

In the last lines of today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us to become like little children in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. We tend to regard childhood as something that we must grow out of, leave completely behind, as if there was nothing in it that was worth keeping. Unfortunately, what tends to happen […]

In the gospel today, Jesus made it clear that all good comes from God and that doing charitable work was not the exclusive right of his followers.  God moves where he wills and chooses whom he wills.  His spirit is at work beyond the confines of established religion.  With the best will in the world, […]

The disciples never cease to amaze us.  At the very moment when Jesus is telling them about his coming passion and death, they are not even listening.  They are so immersed in a quarrel, squabbling over who is the greatest among them, that what he says does not even register with them.  Somehow, we would […]

The shadow of Calvary falls across today’s readings and stretches into our lives with the announcement by Jesus that unless we take up our cross and follow him we are unworthy of his company. This is a reminder of something we would rather forget because nobody wants to suffer. The age-old problem of why people […]

While our sympathy and pity may be with the man in today’s Gospel story, nevertheless, we likely regard him as one of the lucky ones, to have met Jesus who cured him, gave him a break in life and made him like the rest of us.   We take for granted our ability to hear and […]

In the gospel today, our Lord is pointing out something he wants us to notice. Christ’s words to the Pharisees are a challenge and we can hardly deny that they apply to us also. The attitude of the Pharisees lurks within all of us, so a warning about it is never out of place. Jesus […]

Parking Lots Paving Project continues….. As you can see, the paving project is not yet complete. Asphalt still has to be applied to the back parking lot and the rectory driveway has yet to be completed. Most of the entryways to the parking lot are now blocked off with cones. This is in an attempt […]

The Gospel today presents a moment of crisis for the disciples of Jesus.  It was time for them to stand up and be counted.  What Christ was demanding of them was not understanding, but faith in himself.  So, there was no way they could avoid making a choice of being for or against Jesus.  We, […]