The return to Ordinary Time and a consideration of vocation was somewhat overshadowed by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision and its implications.

This separate celebration of the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist can never be separated from Holy Thursday and the Passion of Jesus.

Two persons of the Trinity are called "Father" and "Son." Therefore I decided to stick with family relationships.

We, the Christian community, can work through our problems together.

The Christian people began with a small number; Revelation promises that this nucleus will grow into a vast throng.

We as Christian community must be fed by the Sacred Scriptures.

The gift of resurrection is the foundation of our Christian community.

What sort of conversation can be held among three people condemned and dying? Saint Luke's Passion gives us an example, and it is the opposite of futile.

Our lives are not games. We must not manipulate people. We must treasure the gift of forgiveness which our God has given us, and allow that gift to make us compassionate.

The story of the father and his two sons never fails to agitate us as we marvel at the behaviors therein portrayed.