A reflection on the possibility that Barabbas' first name was Jesus, and on Jesus' "everyman" role.

If God is who we think he is, he wouldn't be much of a God if we could not praise him eternally. Jesus, for the sake of mortals, saw fit to get close to death, and to succumb to death, for our sake.

We are dependent upon the sense of sight; sometimes, however, it gets in the way. We are called to a deeper appreciation of insight.

The homilist did not preach last week. This homily is on human thirst, and also on details of Christian initiation.

Hidden agendas, making the moment "about me," and other subtleties of temptation.

We reach an extremely important part of the Sermon on the Mount: Jesus' admonition against worry.

Jesus says a number of very provocative and memorable things in today's passage from the Sermon on the Mount. We find freedom in understanding that Jesus is calling us to cultivate a healthy respect for our brothers and sisters.

We are set free when we understand that the people in our life are not objects to be manipulated but persons of inestimable worth in the sight of God.

Consider the drama of the Christ Child entering the place that was understood to be the unique dwelling place of God on earth.

I remember now that at Epiphany, January 5, which somehow did not get recorded, I simply read a column of Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ. I'll try to point you toward a transcript of that column.

"Has Christ been divided?" Rips in the fabric of Christianity go back to the time of St. Paul. We consider the absolute need for Christians to be woven back together.