Living into the Paschal Mystery Each year the Lenten-Easter season provides us a special time of grace to reflect upon a profound truth that stands at the center of our…

Emerging from Our Tombs Today, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we hear the astounding story of the resurrection of Lazarus. There is a marvelous amount of detail in this…

Crystal Clear After living in Chile for two years as a seminarian, the Columban Fathers brought me home to finish my preparations for the priesthood, and I was ordained in…

Christ’s Profound Thirst Today’s Gospel, a deeply touching human-interest story, describes the lively encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Their conversation revolves around water, about various senses…

Climb Every Mountain The Transfiguration of the Lord has become a very important force in my life since August 6th of 1975 and then again in 1978. These are the…

Lent: Season of Conversion An impressive body of literature exists on the conversion process as a religious experience.Various approaches help reveal the depths of this profound, transforming reality: biblical-theological perspectives,…

Background Check The richness of our spiritual inheritance from Judaism forms the backdrop to Jesus’ mission that we are charged with continuing, with the light and strength of the Holy…

Be Salt, Be Light Our Gospel today contains Jesus’ challenge to his disciples to be salt of the earth and light of the world (Mt 5:13-14); this passage immediately follows…

The Story of Dorothy On February 12, 2005 I was the regional president for the Conference for Religious in Brazil(CRB). I was attending an encounter sponsored by the CRB when…

Called to Discipleship Remarkably, there are few events in Jesus’ life that are recorded in all four Gospels; however, Jesus’ call of his disciples is one of those special events…

Call Waiting One winter in the city of Juarez, Mexico, so many people camped out in the parks near one of the bridges leading into El Paso, Texas that volunteers…

Deep Faith Promotes Mission Today’s feast, the Baptism of Jesus, is accorded much importance in the Gospels. Questions about the necessity of baptism for Jesus may arise, but the fundamental…