View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

"The kingdom of God is at hand" , the message that Jesus sends these 72 out to proclaim. It is a message that is still to be proc...

As he has in the past, the Cardinal who is head of the Congregation of the Clergy, has released a letter addressed to seminarians .

The Season of Lent is a season of self-denial and penance, when we, like Jesus Christ enter the desert of fasting and prayer. What will we...

The widow, with so little means , gives freely of her want. She gives as an act of love of God, and does not do so for show our out of prid...

To enter the Kingdom of God , we must become like children. As children, we would need to admit our dependance on God, our own limitations,...

THe Multiplication of the Loaves is the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels. It contains a great power - it reveals that Jesus Chris...

The Lord sends His apostles, two by two, into the countryside to prepare the people for His message . While they are told to travel light, ...

We are finally live with the new Website for Vocations! Check it out !!!

I have posted the newest volume of the Vocations View Newsletter. Click to go to the page, or Right click to download!

The Father calls us to virtue , and we have to respond. Ideally, we would say yes to the Lord, and live virtuously. But even if we initial...

I want to highlight a great website for those discerning a vocation titled Vocation Boom . It provides Resources, encouragement, mentors a...

You cannot serve both God and Mammon. Instinctively, we know this, but all too often we hedge our bets, becoming anxious about the 'st...

The Sermon on the Mount, especially the Beatitudes, form the core of what it means to follow Christ. It is in poverty of spirit that we re...

"Jesus, who was rich, become poor, so that through His poverty, we may become rich." This passage, the Alleluia verse this weeke...

Humility marks the life of a follower of Christ . It takes humility to admit we are sinners in need of a savior, in the first place. The L...

A life focused on possessions leads to a life lived apart from God. The barely veiled greed of a brother feeling slighted is the opportuni...