- Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M., Administrator
The synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke record chance meetings between Jesus and Samaritans. However, none of them ever record that Jesus entered Samaria. In fact just the opposite is true. There are pointed references to the fact that Jesus could not and did not enter this territory.
Samaritans...
- Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M., Administrator
I spent a good part of yesterday at the hospital. My doctor had ordered a CAT scan of my abdomen. I arrived at the hospital in plenty of time despite that the appointment was scheduled to coincide with the Chicago rush hour. After filling out all the paper work, I was led into a lounge where I was told that...
- Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M., Administrator
The word “humility” comes from the Latin word humus which means soil. The word carries with it the reminder that we were made from the dust, the clay, the soil of the earth. In fact, the Bible records that the name of the first human was Adam, taken from the Hebrew adama which also means soil. Humility...
- Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M., Administrator
The Book of Genesis could easily be divided into two different books. The first eleven chapters of Genesis recount God’s creative energy and the fall of humanity. We hear the two creation accounts followed by the fall of Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel by his brother Cain, the story of Noah’s Ark and the story of the...
- Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M., Administrator
St. Peter, often referred to as the Chief Apostle, loomed large in the liturgical calendar of the Church before the Second Vatican Council. Down through the years, the Church had developed several feast days in honor of Simon Peter, son of Zebedee, one of the first apostles to be called by Jesus and later appointed to be the...