These readings about leprosy or some skin eruption are particularly challenging since we both think we know about such things and do but also may miss a good deal of what is under discussion in both narratives Both stories assume and maintain the importance of a system which includes skin dise

The readings chosen for the Memorial of Saint Agatha are poignant and thought-provoking The first reading from Hebrews 12 18-19 21-24 speaks eloquently beautifully of the approach to the Living One God almighty now made less fearful since the mediation of Christ It also notes that in approach

The Presentation of Jesus and the Purification of Mary is one of the seven stories which make up Luke 1 and 2 Luke chose to introduce the adult life of Jesus and eventually the Acts of the Apostles Certainly Luke continued to solidify the Holy Family s fidelity to the Old Testament religio

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord celebrated on February 2 2009 comes at just the right time this year a time when we ought even more to reflect on the Jewishness of Jesus Fr James Martin noted in the In All Things blog yesterday a document posted on the website of the Society of St

They entered Capharnaum on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee that is Jesus and his disciples He taught on the Sabbath in the synagogue he is the only teacher in his group The people in the synagogue were astounded by Jesus teaching because he was teaching with authority i e

In many ways South Africa is a laboratory of social change Most unexpectedly our little Catholic community has become an experiment in the minor religious department of that laboratory I refer of course to the new English texts of the Mass which have generated such surprising friction It appears