Embrace Advent -- the alternative to Black Friday.

What is truth? We refrain from the cynicism of Pontius Pilate and embrace the fullness of truth to be found in our suffering servant.

The end of the world? In light of the griefs of the past week (Paris massacres), perhaps God is giving us a chance to begin the world!

"The widow's mite" and our concerns about being good "stewards" of the temporal affairs God has entrusted to us.

The homilist was away from the ambo throughout October. -- We consider our call to holiness as we remember Pope Francis and his evocation of Dorothy Day.

"Whoever is not against us is for us." As we reflect on the visit of Pope Francis to the United States, we are to find every strength and advantage in a principle of inclusion.

Unsettled, dispiriting things are swirling around within us. We must seek divine healing for our various resentments and accept the peace which allows us to be gifts to one another.

Peter professes his faith in Jesus, but also reveals that the concept of "suffering servant" eludes him

The refugee situation in Europe is another proof that we can never escape the xenophobic tendencies pointed out today in the Letter of James.

If you think that what passes through and comes out of you is repulsive, apply your feeling of disgust instead to the evil attitudes which you harbor in your hearts.