I’m sure that we could all identify with the frustration that Simon Peter must have felt after a night of fishing and coming home with empty nets. Nothing is more frustrating than efforts that prove to be fruitless. That kind of frustration can also be experienced in our efforts to improve our spiritual life. Perhaps we feel that our efforts to pray have failed to produce spiritual...
I’m sure that we could all identify with the frustration that Simon Peter must have felt after a night of fishing and coming home with empty nets. Nothing is more frustrating than efforts that prove to be fruitless. That kind of frustration can also be experienced in our efforts to improve our spiritual life. Perhaps we feel that our efforts to pray have failed to produce spiritual...
The Gospel text of today’s liturgy speaks of two kinds of service. We witness Simon Peter’s mother-in-law, who, after being healed, immediately rises to serve Jesus and the other guests who have come to Simon Peter’s home in Capernaum.
At the same time, we also witness the service that Jesus renders to the citizens of the village who bring their sick to the door of Simon...
In this first week of September, we begin our traversal of the Gospel of Saint Luke. In the episode that we read today, Saint Luke presents us with the first miracle of this Gospel after Jesus has contended with the evil one in the desert. There is a proverb that says, those who feel they belong to who they are, are more likely to feel they belong wherever they are. If we are at home with...
When we think of the second reading for Sundays, we usually think of the reading from the New Testament oftentimes by St. Paul. However, this is a common mistake, for the second reading is really the psalm response that immediately follows the first reading. Sr. Irene Nowell, in her book Sing a New Song, calls to mind the fact that the children of Israel would frequently burst into song...