The sower sows the word

The sower sows the word.  Perhaps when you read or hear this parable, you focus on the different kinds of soils or the environments, in which the seeds fall.   Maybe you wonder which one of these soils best fits you, and you hope that you are like the good soil that...

Christ has appeared . . . to take away sin by his sacrifice

Christ has appeared . . . to take away sin by his sacrifice.  Why did Jesus have to suffer and die for us?   Couldn’t God have saved us without such a heavy sacrifice? Many have asked that question over the centuries, including St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast was...

He has anointed me

He has anointed me Often, when we read Scripture we see an immediate meaning and a long-term meaning.   Take the Gospel (Luke 4:18),  where Jesus proclaims that the Spirit of the Lord has anointed him to bring good news.   In the immediate sense, we know that Jesus...

To Timothy, my dear child

o Timothy, my dear child.  Last Saturday, we celebrate two of St. Paul’s best-known companions:   Timothy and Titus.   Both were young men when they began working with Paul, and over time both became leaders of the Church in their own right—Timothy in Ephesus and...

I regained my sight

I regained my sight.  A devout Jew, Paul had been walking with God all his life.   Still, he had a serious blind spot.   He couldn’t see that the Christians he was persecuting were his brothers and sisters.   He couldn’t see that this Jesus he was fighting against was...

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