View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

I know that it has been a while since I have blogged except for the various articles that have appeared in newspapers and prayers. Part is ...

“In it, not of it”… These words, more than any other, capture the Christian’s attitude to this world. But there are two unfortunate errors, ...

After we have gathered around tables for our thanksgiving feasts, we (hopefully) will gather in our Churches this weekend to thank the Lord ...

CHRISTIANS, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise. The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb; and Christ, the undefiled, hath sinners to...

Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty Kin...

This week , we hear the great analogy of the grain of wheat. Jesus uses this image to describe what He is about to do by dying, that He will...

This weekend , we hear perhaps the most well-known and oft-quoted verse of all of Scripture: “For God so loved the world that He gave His on...

A few years ago, I read about a social scientist's observations of school children on a playground. He realized that the playground had ...

The Narrative of the transfiguration is read every Second Sunday of Lent. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up Mount Tabor. The landscape i...

This weekend, as we do every first Sunday of Lent, we hear of Jesus’s temptation in the desert and Jesus’s beginning ministry and proclamati...

In the weeks of Lent, I will be writing a paragraph or two of the core of my Sunday homily. I plan on giving a series on types of prayer tha...

Lent is a blessed time in the Church year. The season was first experienced by the Catechumens (those who were to be baptized at the Easter ...

In the Gospels, Jesus asks a seemingly easy question: “Who do you say that I am?” (Mt. 16:15, Mk. 8:29, Lk. 8:20). It is not that Jesus is ...

When life gets hectic, as it so often does, or when the storms of life whip up and attempt to rob me of my peace, I find myself turning to a...

Unaware that his 'good things' were from the Lord , the greedy landowner in today's parable thinks he is the source of all that...

The Lord teaches us to pray , but in the end, seems to say it is not as much about how we say it, but rather that we be persistent and it be...

Martha and Mary are often depicted as two forms of Christians , the active and the contemplative. In reality, though, neither is sufficient...

The Parable of the Good Samaritan reminds us that being a neighbor is not necessarily about sharing a language, culture, or style of dress....

"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...

Following Christ is not a part-time occupation , but something that must occupy the entirety of our lives. We cannot simply start out and k...