In the Book of Sirach, we hear God saying that he “sets before you fire and water to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.” In this case, choosing the water is following God’s way. By stretching forth your hand into the fire, which is not...
The spotlight on this Sunday ’s Gospel is upon the virtue of humility. We know what the Gospel says about this virtue: seek the last place! But, if we ponder a worldview, what do we observe about this good act of not putting oneself first in actual practice? Luke...
Flickr: Seetheholyland.net On a recent Sunday, the Gospel reading picked up right after two disciples returned to Jerusalem to tell an amazing story. The trip they had taken on the road to Emmaus had more precisely been on the road to a revelation, one that...
