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

The title got your attention did it not What if I had titled it The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity In the May 25 2009 issue of America Edward Foley O F M Cap wrote on the homily and its relationship to the lectionary readings of the day He argues that it is not always necessary to pr

A colleague of mine regularly gives students in her Christian Belief Ancient and Modern course a question on the role of the Holy Spirit The lead in to the question is a headline from The Onion America rsquo s Finest News Source February 26 2003 ldquo God Quietly Phasing Holy Ghost Out Of Tri

The transfiguration of Jesus already spoke of the glory of Jesus in this story the showing of Jesus rsquo glory we recall that glory is a characteristic of kingship means to underline what in the hours of Jesus rsquo trial and death seemed an impossible outcome of crucifixion To put his deat