Remember one of the images Jesus gave of the kingdom of God – that of the grand dinner party. The people who were invited were too busy with their own affairs to bother to...

There is a familiar quotation that says; “I shall pass through this world but once Any good therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let...

Mary was with Jesus from the very beginning, and stayed with him right to the end. She was beside him in all the joyful and sorrowful moments of his life. She brought him into...

do Don’t hoard possessions but hoard good deeds. Jesus often told his followers not to be afraid. In today’s reading, he tells them not to be hoarders either. Trust in God and do not...

The thread tying together the Hebrew Testament and the Gospel reading is about being fearless in asking God for something. In the first reading Abraham does not want God to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah....

Our natural sympathies are probably with Marta in today’s Gospel reading. After all, she was doing all the work. Why did the Holy Spirit inspire Luke to remember & record this incident for the...

Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan gives us a name for all those people who step forward and volunteer to help others. And there are many of them around. Most of us have had...