Juan Point at a Time

Sometimes it's worthwhile to take stock of the gifts that are sitting right before us because we may not even realize they are already there. 

Year C - Ordinary Time - Week 28

Prodigal means ungrateful and the parable presents two such persons, one of whom can share redemption.

Year C - Ordinary Time - Week 24

Saint Peter Claver was known for working among the neediest in Colombia, but as Saint Mother Teresa said, "Find your own Calcutta." Peter Claver points the way for each of us to do just that.

Feast of Peter Claver

We often hear of the cost of discipleship, but it perhaps is not so high a price to pay when one considers the steep cost that can come with avoiding discipleship. And above that, the benefits only tip the scales further in favor of discipleship.

Year C - Ordinary Time - Week 23

Life can often be too busy to make time for prayer, so why not make time prayerful?

Year 2 - Ordinary Time - Week 23 - Saturday

The reading from the Gospel can seem frightening, but it's just a reminder that Christ knew that life was difficult. He lived it just as we do and wants us to be as faithful as he was to the end of our days.

Year C - Ordinary Time - Week 21

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux was an incredibly charismatic figure from our Church history. One can think that charisma comes from a personal giftedness to persuade, but perhaps Bernard's magnetism on others came from his nearness to God. His fourth degree of love is somewhat surprising, but reveals what a profound love of God leads to and also why he continues to be a compelling figure six hundred years after his death.

The Gospels contain many truths, not the least of which is the fact that evil can crop up just about anywhere.

Year 2 - Ordinary Time - Week 17 - Tuesday

There are many people in today's reading and only one of them doesn't seem imprisoned, the prisoner.

Year C - Ordinary Time - Week 17 - Saturday