The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10 The warning, Here Be Dragons!, on medieval maps marked uncharted waters and territories. Danger lurks in such regions for dragons are dark and destructive creatures. Their … Continue reading →

The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 – Cycle B 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; John 6:41-51 Parents who have children with learning disabilities or are handicapped in some manner often have to struggle with school districts for … Continue reading →

The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 – Cycle B Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Psalm 78; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35 “Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion…” [Exodus 16:4] Sound familiar? Do we not … Continue reading →

The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 – Cycle B 2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15 BBC last July reported on children caught up in the Syrian war. It is a war on childhood in which children … Continue reading →

The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 – Cycle B Amos 7:12-15: Psalm 85; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:7-13 “I do not forgive Dylann Roof, a racist terrorist whose name I hate saying or knowing. These are the feelings of author, … Continue reading →

The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 – Cycle B Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24; Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7,9,13-15; Mark 5: 21-43 The murder of eight parishioners and their pastor at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina has … Continue reading →