PRIDE
It would seem that the basic mistake of the young man in the Gospel was that he was greedy. He was very preoccupied with material possessions. But, actually, all the commentaries on this Gospel text agree that the basic flaw…
Father Soc
Priest at Catholic Church
I MUST DECREASE
The example and advice of St. John the Baptizer, as related by the Gospel, can be considered very unpopular in our time. The funny thing about being proud and conceited is that it is easier to see these defects in…
ARE YOU WEAK ENOUGH
I will share with you information that I do not personally believe in but is an interesting thought for today’s Gospel. My priest-professor in astronomy in the seminary told us that he observed that daytime becomes longer after December 25…
PARDON US FOR OUR HYPOCRISY
One of the Ten Commandments is to respect the Sabbath. For the Jews, within that commandment were 39 other rules on how they should respect the Sabbath. The rules ranged from not allowing the harvesting of grains and the carrying…