Daily Reflections
In this passage of today’s Gospel, Jesus casts out a demon from a mute man, enabling him to speak. Instead of rejoicing at the miraculous deliverance, some people attribute Jesus’ power to Beelzebul, the prince of demons. Such a backdrop sets the stage for the teaching of Jesus on the…
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Knocking on a Friend’s Door: “Here you go, since you persisted in waking up all of my children to give you bread. Now go home and quit bothering us.” -A paraphrase. Today’s Gospel begins with the parable of a man who at midnight goes to a friend seeking bread loaves…
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As I read today’s gospel reading, I thought, what more could I possibly tell our readers about the Lord’s Prayer? Quickly, a memory tore into my mind as if it had happened recently. As a young girl, I attended CCD, what we now call faith development. We met in the…
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When I was in college, I had a professor of Shakespeare whose classes often lasted nearly three hours. There was no plan to the day’s lecture, no work to be done; he simply discoursed freely on the genius of Shakespeare, weaving in philosophy and history throughout his talk, so that…
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I have always been fascinated by the fact that there is not an up or down in space. What does looking downward or upward mean when floating in deep, dark, and empty space? To orient oneself, one would have to move toward a fixed and lighted object in space. I…
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Most of us may have the experience of agriculture, and possibly, understand the art of cultivating of farmlands and animal husbandry. In my own Nigerian African context, subsistent agriculture holds place. Growing up in this region of the world comprises of school attendance combined with spending hours with the parents…
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I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hiddenthese things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. It is difficult to hide something in such a way that while the wise cannot find it, the childlike andhumble are able…
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Sin is a rejection of God, a turning away from God. Sin despises and mocks God. However, there is always a huge price to pay for turning away from God. It is “light” to reject and despise God, but the consequences are always heavy. The Jews at the time of…
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“We resemble God most when we forgive our neighbors.” St. Faustina — Diary, 1148 The only tough part about being a saint is being like God. It is a daily endeavor that we get to share with God. God does not hold himself up and then tell us, “Okay now,…
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“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.” -Jesus My wife and I joined 25 fellow pilgrims for a 100-mile hike in California last Summer. This took 8 days of walking, carrying our things, and…
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