There is a paradox in the incident described in today’s Gospel. The first incident is the storm on the lake. Here, the apostles immediately recognize the danger. After recognizing the danger, they promptly complain and ask for help. They do…
When you hear this Gospel, you will likely be inclined to put yourself among those who are inviting and hosting the party. Thus, the lesson that would strike us is that we should invite “to our party” the crippled, the…
We have received the light—the light of faith, the light of love. The Gospel warns us about how the gift of light that we have received can be wasted. There are two ways of wasting light. The first one is…
There are people we like, and like very much. However, there are also people we don’t like, and sometimes we dislike them a lot. Unfortunately, when we don’t like people, we tend to treat them poorly because, from our perspective,…