"Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this household.' If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you." Lk 10:1-12, 17-20

"But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD, your God, is giving you as a heritage, you shall not leave a single soul alive." Deuteronomy 20:16

"Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." I Cor. 11

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 26, 2022

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 19, 2022

"When the Lord established the heavens I was there, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep; when he made firm the skies above, when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth; when he set for the sea its limit, so that the waters should not transgress his command; then was I beside him as his craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, playing on the surface of his earth; and I found delight in the human race." Prv 8:22-31

The Most Holy Trinity June 12, 2022

"When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them." Acts 2

The Most Holy Trinity June 12, 2022

Mysticism is the numinous experience of the Divine. In one sense, mysticism is an esoteric, interior experience. Mysticism is also the experience of the exoteric, Mass and the Eucharist. The esoteric and exoteric are always in tension with one another - my interior experience of the Divine is challenged and is formed by my exoteric experience of Christ's Body, the Church. The Ascension, Christ in his glorified body at the right hand of the Father in Heaven, is the end and purpose of all life, the goal of both the esoteric and exoteric experience, especially made manifest in the anointing of the sick and the funeral liturgy.

Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022

7th Sunday of Easter May 29, 2022

The Council of Jerusalem, the first Church Ecumenical Council, set the tone for how the Church resolves difficult decisions. Do Christians need to be circumcised? Abstain from meat with blood in it? The Council of Jerusalem, the 15th Century Council of Florence (Basil) and even Trent, Vatican I and Vatican II are legacies of the first council recounted in Acts and Galatians. "‘It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us..." Words that have guided the Church to the present time.

6th Sunday of Easter May 22, 2022

In Revelation 21, "I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." John compares the Whore of Babylon to the Bride of Christ and Babylon doesn't come out well.

5th Sunday of Easter May 15, 2022

Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us, I have made you a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.” Acts 13:14, 43-52

Why do the four gospels describe a normal looking Resurrected Jesus, but the Book of Revelation 1:12-16 describes, "... in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest. The hair of his head was as white as white wool or as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. His feet were like polished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water. In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest."