What did Mary ponder for so long?

“Re-purposing” is one of those kitschy words that became popular a few years ago. It suggests altering or converting something from its...

“Who do people say that I am?” This is the question Jesus asks his disciples in the gospel of Matthew this month (Matthew 16: 13-20). As...

Have you ever heard the saying: “Have faith as of a grain of mustard seed?” and you immediately know what it means? A remarkable thing...

We have an advantage over the people who lived through that first Holy Week. We can take out the stories that appear in Scripture from...

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus says: “Do not think I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword”...

"You are dust, and to dust you shall return." That is one of the most powerful phrases of the Ash Wednesday liturgy. We also hear it...

This is the beginning of my postings. I hope to keep telling the stories of people I come across and other people in scripture about whom...