In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus teaches us that prayer is not so much about what we say to God, but about what we are willing to hear from God.  When we are in true communion with God to discern his will for us He may ask us to do...

Jesus was asked if the Galileans were sinners because they were slaughtered by Roman soldiers as they sacrificed in the temple.  Jesus knew people believed a violent or tragic death was a sign of God’s punishment for a sinful...

The Transfiguration occurred just after Jesus predicted his suffering and death and explained the conditions of discipleship.  When Peter observed Jesus change in appearance and conversing with Moses, the Great Law Giver, and Elijah,...

Now there’s a scary thought. Jesus, the Word made Flesh, Son of God and Son of Mary, is tempted by the devil - not just once, but again and again.  How was Jesus really tempted? Turn stones into bread.  That is a temptation to acquire...

In the time of Jesus large cities like Jerusalem and some smaller towns had markets where people could go to vendors who brought their produce, fish and meats to a stall to be sold.  Typically, each stall sold one item, such as fruits,...

Is there someone your really don't like?  Or is there someone you feel you hate.  Hopefully you have come to realize that such feelings about people are because of something we believe they did to us, or something they should have done...

Fishing is a difficult and dangerous way to make a living. The profits sometimes do not justify the perspiration and the peril. And it is highly unlikely that a man who has spent his life fishing on a small, pear shaped sea in Galilee...

If we become a star athlete or acquire great wealth our high school or home town may honor us as "Person of the Year" or dedicate a plaque to us.  But if we challenge people to do great things, there may be no plaque for us. Jesus entered...

"Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." The question of when Jesus knew he was the Messiah has been debated since not long after he died and rose from the dead.  In the beginning of his Gospel that St. Luke addresses...

St. Luke tells us of the baptism of Jesus by John in the River Jordan.  This was an important event in the life of Jesus and the salvation history of mankind.  The submission of Jesus to baptism by John with water as an act of repentance...