Perhaps one of the biggest challenges that faces anyone in the process of growing up emotionally is that of learning to trust. It is such a simple sounding word but…

Storytelling was a common way of teaching at the time of Christ.  Only a very few of the people could read and write, so learning of any kind was largely…

In the Gospel this weekend Christ speaks to one of the most perplexing mysteries of human living, the mystery of evil.  All of us base our sense of the purposefulness…

One of the things that always strikes me as I read through the Gospels is how close a parallel there so frequently is between the teaching of the Gospel and…

Scriptural scholars call this Gospel passage the “Hymn of Jubilation” because in it Christ quite literally rejoices in the Father’s plan for salvation.  He praises the Father’s decision to hide…

In today’s Gospel the opening line sounds harsh.  “Anyone who loves father or mother, son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”  It almost sounds as though…

All three of the Scripture readings this weekend seem to focus on one element of the Christian response that to my mind is particularly worthy of attention.  And that element…

I suppose there are few feelings more uncomfortable than the feeling of being pointless.  It’s unsettling because, deep down, we know it’s not right.  We know that human life is…

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Body of Christ.  And traditionally the focal point of this feast is two pronged.  First, of course, a reaffirmation of our belief in…

One of the forces over the long history of Revelation that gave shape and character to the Hebrew people was a strong sense of their own uniqueness.  Unlike the religions…