Reflections Today

  SOME young people who hear the call to the priesthood or reli­gious life hesitate to make the “leap,” thinking...

  THE bottom line of the commandments is for people to do good, to be ready to serve and sac­rifice...

  OTHER people naturally see us better than we see ourselves, especially ex­ternally. But even internally, at times, when we...

  MARRIAGE presupposes mutual love, knowl­edge, and accep­tance on the part of the partners. No one should enter the married...

  JOHN said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent...

    AS Christians, we are expect­ed to treat others well or avoid hurting them. We respect and do good...

    JESUS’ Trans­figuration is a foretaste, a glimpse, of the fullness of glory that he will ex­perience in his...

    AFTER reflecting on the incon­sistency of Simon Peter, we celebrate the feast of his Chair, his exalted position...

    WHEN Jesus and his dis­ciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus...

    THERE are people who seem to have everything. They are intel­ligent, kind, good-looking, of good family background, and...

    JESUS feels so much compassion for the crowd that he cannot simply dismiss them. The disciples know it...

    BEING deaf and mute must be ter­rible! For peo­ple with these disabilities, the world is literally shut or...

  WHAT makes a person un­clean? Is it the pres­ence of external dirt on the body? Is it the failure...

  Gospel: Mk 7:1-13 WHEN the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Je­rusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed...

    WE may be skilled at car­pentry, painting, drawing, gardening, computers, or fish­ing. Part of this expertise is that...

    JESUS teaches us a lesson: there is time, or we should make time, for every­thing. The Apostles have...