We mark this weekend the national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, one of the most important Americans of the 20th century and, arguably, among the key figures in American...
Christmas is a really simple feast: God born among us, for us to see and hear, taste and touch and smell. Yet when we actually read the Gospels it quickly gets complicated — and, I think, more...
Last week, on Advent’s second Sunday, we heard the opening of the Gospel according to Mark. There we saw not the usual nativity scene, but only a stark presentation of John the Baptist coming in from the desert, preaching the kingdom...Read more about The Beginningless Word - Is Right Here
The last judgment scene in Matthew 25 seems surely to be a perfect Gospel for the “Feast of Christ the King.” The “Son of Man” (a designation for the Messiah and indeed for Jesus himself in his suffering as well as his glory) is...Read more about The Face of the Poor Is the Face of Jesus