Brothers and sisters As you excel in every respect in faith discourse knowledge all earnestness and in the love we have for you may you excel in this gracious act also 2 Cor 8 7 What is this gracious act of which Paul speaks I am having a difficult time concentrating as I hope to be a

There is a common theme running through the readings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist Mass during the day and that is your purpose and mine I know that Isaiah 49 1-6 pertains directly to God s servant Isaiah technically I suppose this is Deutero-Isaiah but who names their

nbsp The readings for the Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time both the Old Testament reading from Job 38 1 8-11 and the Gospel reading from Mark 4 35-41 place us in the presence of God who is sovereign over nature It is on my mind not only because of the readings for the week but due to our prese

This Sunday rsquo s Gospel reading Mark 4 35-41 is a story about Jesus calming the sea and waves nbsp This brief story is filled with meaning as one might expect nbsp Most notable perhaps is the immense power Jesus shows no one in Jewish history had done what he did here nbsp But this

If we follow the time line closely in Mark s Gospel the event in Jesus lifewe hear about this Sunday rounds off an action-packed day Jesus has aserious run-in with his townsfolk his Mother and family he has taught fiveoutstanding parables explained the detail of one of them and then in theeve

The Trinity is a response by Christians to the rich mystery of the Divine How to begin to approach it nbsp Four quotes from Elizabeth Johnson rsquo s Quest for the Living God Mapping Frontiers of Theology 202-03 ldquo The experience of salvation coming from God through Jesus in the power of