On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
In today's gospel reading, the scribes and Pharisees pose what seems like a simple question to Jesus: "The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink." On the surface, this appears to be about religious p...
Read reflectionWhile the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their ne...
Read more →There's something beautifully intimate about today's Gospel reading that draws us into the very heart of Jesus's ministry. After witnessing his powerful teaching in the synagogue, we follow Jesus into the personal sp...
Read more →Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean...
Read more →There's something deeply moving about returning home. Whether it's walking through your childhood neighborhood, visiting your old school, or stepping into the place where you first learned to dream, homecomings carry...
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