What is this “little while”? In the first place it is a term of time. A little while refers to the human nature of our Lord and this human nature is with this troubled time bound world for “a little while”. At a certain point the eternal which is the greater reality breaks through the […]
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Good Shepherd Sunday 2017
What will it be a shepherd or a snake? It happened in Boston, Mass. during the civil war that two Sisters of Charity were walking down the main street to the hospital when a coarse and crude red neck began mocking their habit and their chaste life style. Again and again he screamed out his […]
Low Sunday 2017
Time to Close the Doors Did you ever ask why the doors were closed? Do you think it is only because of fear of the Jews? Or is there another meaning which is much more significant for the modern Catholic than at any other time in the life of the church? In a sense the room […]
Palm Sunday 2017
Summation of a Divine Life Why in the world would anyone care to enter Jerusalem, that city of peace, riding on an ass and a colt? It makes no human sense but it is the summation of the divine life about to enter His Passion. The details flow from the prophetic voice of Zacharias who […]
Passion Sunday 2017
It All Begins with a Word! If you sow a word, you will reap a thought. If you sow a thought, you will reap an act. If you sow an act, you will reap a habit. If you sow a habit, you will reap a character. The character which you or I reap is determined […]