Monday of the 21st week in ordinary time

Welcome to the Good Word, a reflection on the readings of the daily liturgy. I am Father Karl Esker, a Redemptorist priest. God’s love and mercy are beyond our comprehension. We human beings are often too closed minded and closed hearted to enter into the expansive love that is God. In the first reading the

18th Sunday in ordinary time

Saturday of the 17th week in ordinary time

There are two verses in the Gospel today that are always noticed but seldom addressed. They read: “Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us?” These verses are speaking of Jesus’ brothers and sisters who are still living in Jesus’ hometown, where