Jesus’ Words

Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Jesus’ Words

At the end of chapter six of the Gospel according to John, Jesus asks his apostles if they would stay with him or walk away as some people had when he’d said things they didn’t understand or couldn’t accept. Peter’s ...

Two Basic Truths

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Two Basic Truths

A few days ago, the first Mass reading was from Deuteronomy, chapter 7, in which Moses reminded the Israelites of two basic truths. The first was that they had nothing that could make God love them. They were neither numerous ...

How We Stay (Easter 5)

Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on How We Stay (Easter 5)

In the gospel for the fifth Sunday of the Easter season, Jesus asks his disciples to stay with him and promises that he will stay with them. We might think that “Stay with me” is an easy thing for Jesus ...