Last Sunday we completed the Christmas season with the Feast of the Epiphany. Today we are starting again to review what we call the Ordinary Time of the year, 34 Sundays that make up that Ordinary ...

Jesus goes to the shore of the Sea of Galilee to call his first disciples. In this episode, we walk with Jesus on the shore as he encounters a group of fishermen. After preaching to the crowd, he ...

Sunday, July 2, is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Psalm 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42. In today’s Gospel, the Lord gives four ...

We learn in Mark 1, as Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send ...

To say that modern America is looking for Christians who live like Jesus is an understatement. In politics, art, music, economics and even our local libraries, there is a debate playing out about ...

James Tissot, "The Appearance of Christ at the Cenacle," 1886-1894. (Wikimedia Commons) Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns by James Keenan, S.J., on contemporary issues in moral ...