Spiritual Reflections

As I read the readings for today, especially the Gospel’s story of preparing for the end times, I kept looking for a word of hope. It is there if you…

Listening to the Gospel for today I imagine a tiny, bent-over, old woman shuffling up to the treasury box and dropping in two small coins from her meager funds. I…

Deut. 6:2-6, Mark 12:28b-34          John McKenzie, a scripture scholar from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, says that Jesus’ answer to the question – “Which is the greatest commandment?”  – is…

Jeremiah 31:7–9         Hebrews 5:1–6         Mark 10:46–52 The combination of the three readings this morning raises some provocative questions. What is a miracle?…

Have you ever said a bold yes to a request or a directive and then discovered it demanded more than you anticipated?  You are asked to move from teaching third…

“As Jesus was setting out on a journey…” We’ve all been there, setting out on our journeys. And we do this time and time again. Like the man in today’s…

Kaitlyn Marie Wise was killed on Valentine’s Day 2023. She was 29 years old and lived in Lebanon, Marion County, Ky. On May 13, 2024, a year later, Dailin Marquez…

Did you ever wonder what we would all look like if we took Jesus’ commands seriously? We might not have a hand or a foot or an eye! Or how…

Wisdom 2:12-20 James 3:16-4:3 Mark 9:30-37 Have you ever been jealous of someone else’s success? I have. Have you ever grumbled about or teased someone for doing the right thing?…

God really likes surprises. In 1951 when 15 of my 36 novitiate classmates and I gathered for the first time at lunch in the guest house, which is now Knobs…

As many of you know my niece, Dominica, and her husband, Fernando, were in a catastrophic car accident in mid-July.  Both were injured.  Fernando suffered massive head trauma and serious…

Today Deuteronomy, Psalm 15, James and Jesus according to Luke tell us to act from our hearts. Not to murder or lie or cheat  but to do good.  I think…