To many of us, today’s gospel is probably one of the simplest and most familiar stories from the Bible. During Jesus’ time lepers were society’s despised outcasts. They were compelled to live outside villages. If and when they came near...
Today’s Gospel reading reminds me of an image of God my friend Andrew calls the Vending Machine God. The image that if we pray enough, do enough good works, repent enough God will not only let us into heaven but he will give us what...
Blessed John Henry Newman was a fighter, as all the saints were, as you and I are called to be from our Baptism, and by the grace of our Confirmation. ‘A fight [said Newman] is the very mark of a Christian. He is...
The gospel story today about Mary and Martha provides an interesting contrast between the choices made by these two women. Both of the sisters surely love Jesus, but demonstrate it in different ways. Mary expresses her love by taking advantage of the...
Wilderness steppe of Kazakhstan during World War II was a place of struggle for survival. Such dramatic stories also took place in Oziornoje — the parish consisting of several earthen huts. The miracle that occurred there is a testimony that...
