If Jesus ascended into heaven, might we still find his body up there?

The tragedy of Philip Nolan the subject of The Man Without a Country was not merely that he was forbidden ever again to set foot on U S soil or even to hear spoken the name of his country of origin It was his fate chosen by the man himself in a moment of anger to belong no longer to any nation

Today is traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday For many of us mention of sheep conjures up the image of a warm coat or the memory of a good meal We may remember the nursery rhyme ldquo Mary had a little lamb rdquo or the television hand puppet named Lambchop but very few of us regard sh

The Gospels are filled with stories about Jesus sharing meals Each story tells us something more than that he was hungry Some of them illustrate his observance of Passover Lk 17 35 others depict him as a dinner guest at the homes of Simon the Pharisee or Jesus rsquo friend Martha Lk 7 36 10

We have seen the Lord 8221 Who has not longed to hear those words Or who has not longed for the experience that gave birth to the words Most of us are like Thomas in today 8217 s Gospel 8212 not that we are doubters but that our faith is based on the words of others Someone else has the exp

One of the most impressive scenes in the movie ldquo The Wizard of Oz rdquo is Dorothy rsquo s entrance into the Land of Oz At that moment the original sepia tones of the film become brilliant Technicolor Tornado-beaten earth gives way to a boldly colorful magical land where everything is stra