Reflections

Jesus is saying in Luke 16:19-31 that riches don\’t count for anything after we die, but that isn\’t the thrust of this parable. He is bringing to our minds two points: Wealth without active mercy for the poor is great wickedness and secondly, that if we close our eyes to the truth we are given, […]

Greetings beloved couples! Last week, we established the meaning and implications of Responsible Parenthood; that you are not free to act as you choose in the service of transmitting life; that rather, you are bound to ensure that what you do corresponds to the will of God the Creator as made clear by the constant

By the beautiful parable in Luke 15:1-32, our Blessed Lord teaches us how willing Almighty God is to receive the penitent sinner, and how rejoiced He is at his return.  Our Lord describes the falling away of a sinner from God; the return of the sinner to God; and God’s reception of the penitent sinner.

Welcome to this Week’s Family Forum!  In considering the unitive and procreative aspects of marriage, a brief look at the gift of human sexuality and its purpose is necessary. Sexuality is the totality of who we are as male or female. It involves not only the physical (body/genitality) but also our mental, emotional, psychological, even

The way down is up and the way up is down. This concept of Jesus in Luke 14:1, 7-14 is totally opposite of the way the world thinks. The world says if you want to be successful and be somebody you’ve got to push, fight and work your way to the top. Jesus says on

The audience of Jesus in Luke 13:22-30 through their question regarding the size of the population of humanity to be saved received instead a direct admonition and warning if you like, to go through the only door. This door is narrow and many seek to enter it incorrectly. The point is, there are not many

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”. This doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November

The saying about “a thief in the night” is almost proverbial in the New Testament to describe the unannounced and unexpected coming of Jesus (Cf. 1 Thess 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Rev 3:3). The only way to catch a thief trying to enter your house by digging through the wall is to stay awake so

In Luke 12:13-21, Jesus and the apostles considered money hazardous and helpful. He taught us how to minimize the hazard, and maximize the helpfulness. However, it is important to immediately make clear that money in itself is simply pieces of metal and pieces of paper. And the reason they are of any concern to us