Today rsquo s selection from Matthew 13 continues Jesus rsquo Parables Discourse It contains two short parables mdash about a mustard seed and yeast mdash and a long parable with an allegorical interpretation mdash about the wheat and the weeds All three parables explicitly propose to tell us wha

Never in history has so much information been accessible one need simply turn on a computer and connect to the Web Yet information is not the same as wisdom Information demands a context or intellectual framework it requires interpretation and calls out for practical action or implementation Th

This year the feast of the great apostles Peter and Paul supersedes the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time The readings for the Masses during the day and the vigil stress the complementarity between the two apostles The passage from Acts 12 shows how much Peter and others suffered for their fidelity t

As New Testament Christians we hope for right relationship with God eternal life with God and the full coming of God rsquo s kingdom The ground of our hope is Jesus especially as the risen one Nevertheless in our everyday lives we sometimes may lose hope perhaps not about ultimate realities bu

Do you trust God Do you believe that God really loves and cares for you These are central questions in the spiritual life of any Christian They do not mean that we can expect to escape all suffering win the lottery several times and become rich and famous of course The issue is more whether we

Today we rejoin the Sunday cycle of Ordinary Time only to encounter the verses that form the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount To appreciate this conclusion it may be helpful first to look back at the sermon as a whole With the Beatitudes Jesus sketches the values and attitudes needed to ent