Seek what is above

Seek what is above

Easter Sunday is the most exciting Sunday of the Church year. Just look at the disciples Peter and John. The mere suggestion of Mary of Magdala that something has happened at the tomb of Jesus sets them running toward the tomb.

The Bread and the Cup

The Bread and the Cup

According to most biblical scholars, the account of the passion and death of Jesus constitutes the earliest strata of ordered traditions concerning Jesus. It was surely the most severe test of Jesus’s followers in interpreting his death.

Turning to the Lord

Turning to the Lord

Sometimes our observance of Lent can be disappointing. We began with hope of “turning to the Lord,” but ended up living life as usual. Maybe the best remedy is to experience Lent as a time of God’s activity, not our own activity. This is Isaiah’s perspective in the first reading.

The Lost Son and Brother

The Lost Son and Brother

By Richard Clifford, S.J. An awkward but accurate title for this famous parable is “The Lost Son and Brother.” This title preserves the interaction between three actors in the story — the two sons and the father. The story starts with the younger son who asks...
To be, to exist

To be, to exist

Most of us like to take out the family album and thumb through its pages; the pictures stir up feelings. The first and second readings from the Lectionary do the same.  Both tell us about our beginnings, when Israel escaped Egyptian enslavement, and set out for Canaan having been chosen as the Lord’s own people.