On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Published: May 30, 2026 The scene in today's gospel is one of the most intellectually dramatic moments in all of Mark's narrative. Jesus has just entered Jerusalem in triumph, cleansed the Temple of money-changers, and now returns to walk among the people in the very courts of God. The religio...
Read reflectionPublished: May 29, 2026 There is something deeply unsettling about the fig tree. Jesus, hungry and walking along the road from Bethany, spots it from a distance. It is full of leaves — a promising sign. Yet when he...
Read more →Published: May 28, 2026 There is a moment in the Gospel of Mark that stops the entire crowd. Jesus of Nazareth, surrounded by a multitude, is passing through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem — toward the cross, towa...
Read more →Published: May 27, 2026 There is a moment in today's gospel that is easy to pass over too quickly. As Jesus and the disciples are making their way toward Jerusalem, Mark tells us that Jesus walked ahead of them — a...
Read more →Published: May 26, 2026 Peter's words carry a weight that most of us instinctively understand. "See, we have left everything and followed you." It is not a boast. It is closer to a question. Behind those words lies...
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