Based on the readings for December 18th, Advent 2016 We have lost a sense in modern society of how important betrothal is.  In today’s society we think of engagement as simply testing the waters.   What we call engagement in modern terms is what people a couple decades ago would haveContinue Reading

A short reflection on the readings for Thursday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary time: It is an interesting event, to see the Pharisees running to Jesus and warning Him.  Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.”  Doesn’t itContinue Reading