“So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Imagine for a moment...

“No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.” Luke 6:40 Lent is days away now.  So I...

“I give you a new commandment, says the Lord; love one another as I have loved you.” John 13:34 Today’s Gospel is a tall order.  Love your enemies,...

“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7 Easy to find solace in today’s Gospel, the Sermon on the Mount. ...

"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective." 1 Corinthian 15:10 I think of today’s readings as a gift. ...

“If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.”   1 Corinthians 13:1 Charity begins at...

Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing. Luke 4:21 Jesus, as we know, was a very great teacher and preacher.  During his public...

“They have no wine.”   John 2:3 In Africa, weddings re crucial, fateful, far-reaching, revelatory social events.  They are not merely joyful...

“I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice; I have grasped you by the hand.” Isaiah 42:6 Sometimes, when I read Scripture, the meaning...

“And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.” Matthew 2:9...

“Son, why have you done this to us?  Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” Luke 2:48 Yesterday, the Nativity of Our Lord,...