View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

St. James and John ask for positions of power, and commit to drinking the cup and being baptized with our Lord’s Baptism, without fully un...

Jesus encounters a rich young man who knows he is missing something in his spiritual life, but the man goes away still lacking, un to foll...

Our Lord speaks of marriage and divorce, and states that divorce is the result of hardness of heart, and yet today, presumed marriages end...

Our Lord instructs us to cut off all temptations of sin, and in doing so we will grow in the full stature as beloved children of God. #Cat...

The Apostles do not understand what Jesus Christ is teaching, and they argue about who is the greatest. He corrects them, and in doing so ...

Jesus seeks to find who the disciples think Jesus is, and that He is the Christ means something other than what Peter thought. He invites ...

Jesus opens the ears of a deaf man with a speech impediment, and He wants us to have our ears opened so we can speak plainly of His love. ...