There is a very poignant moment in Scripture that gets little exegesis, it seems, but it touches the deepest nerve of a people in mourning for the loss of the character of their nation. Like our own.

Sunday, March 29, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A). Mass readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 And Jesus wept. These three words have the distinction of comprising ...

As humans, we are the most rational of all the world's created beings. Marvelous as they are, frogs, dogs, caterpillars, and donkeys don't have our capacity to reason. Yet, even with all our powers of ...

Jesus has taught about the Eucharist in the Sunday Gospels of roughly the last month. From his “sign” of multiplying the loaves and fishes through his Eucharistic Discourse taken from John 6, Jesus ...

Lorraine Murray’s email address is lorrainevmurray@yahoo.com. In a scene from my favorite Christmas movie, “The Homecoming,” missionaries dole out presents to needy children in a small town who are ...

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Jesus' message and ministry were about reconciliation. After his baptism in the Jordan, when the heavens were again opened and reconciled with earth, Jesus went north to Galilee. There he assembled a ...