The Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord into heaven forces us to reflect on a reality with which we are totally unfamiliar. We had a beginning, (having been born at…
Today’s Gospel passage for the Fourth Sunday of Easter is rather short and, thus, it needs some supporting information to make it adequately relevant to our spiritual life. Jesus introduces…
The Resurrection of Christ imposes a serious obligation on each one of us within the Body of Christ (the Church) toward those with whom we share humanness. It is the…
Tragedies and calamities, due to natural causes or human cruelty, should not be seen by believers as punishment from God but as wakeup calls to be always intent on doing…
St. Clement of Rome is in the process of putting together a book to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the church. To help with the costs we are selling ads that…
Most kids, like me, who attended public schools grew up with a secularized version of Lent. Lent is a time when we are called to reduce our focus on the…
In the Gospel passage for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, why does Jesus describe flaws of some teachers as being attitudes that their pupils, in all ages, must avoid…
On this Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the reoccurring adjectives in our first reading are “blessed” and its opposite: “cursed.” (cf. Jeremiah 17:5-8) The Bible teaches us that, ultimately, all…
We are swamped with words: some are poisonous like gossip; some are devastating like slander; others are unsettling like rumors or criticism. Most of them, though, are hollow, empty, meaningless. They…
The readings for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time are about freedom. From the first reading (Neh 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10) we gather that, after returning from exile, for the first time,…