One of the many ways we sometimes make a burden of life is presuming God is punishing us for some past transgression, when perhaps that is not a helpful question to even ask.

Mt 11: 28-30

JBap is out preaching to himself and to others the same message, "Make way for the Lord."

Year C - Advent - Week 2

Boy, what a confusing title for this episode, but it's accurate. The new liturgical year begins with readings that call to mind the Last Judgment. It is an invitation to make resolutions from a different perspective than usual...

Year C - Advent - Week 1

Jesus sees the Israelites are pursuing peace where it will not be found and weeps for them. If only they had paused and noticed his visitation, they might have avoided a lot of tragedy.

Lk 19:41-44

As always, God is on our side. In today's Gospel, Jesus addresses the tough topic of divorce and has some encouraging words about what we should expect marriage to do for us.

Year B - Ordinary Time - Week 27

If we shut God down when the needs seem overwhelming, the story ends early.

Year B - Ordinary Time - Week 17

Once again, Jesus is giving some practical advice and helps to hoping when we hit or get hit "below the belt."

Ordinary Time - Week 12 - Tuesday

Sometimes the evil spirit presents us with no-win scenarios, that turns out are not no-win scenarios when Jesus enters the story.