Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Reflect on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct.

Luke tells us immediately what this parable is about. What the disciples are to learn is that they ought “to pray always without becoming weary” (Lk 18:1). Jesus had just been talking about the coming ...

We neither chose nor fashioned the wounded and scary worlds in which we live. And this is the meaning of the sin which the Catholic Church calls “original.” We ourselves are wounded before we ever set ...

Jn 6:37-40 Forese had not been dead that long, not even five years. That's why Dante wondered how he'd made so much progress.

Lk 18:9-14 Over the last several weeks, as St. Luke's Gospel has unfolded in our Sunday readings, some of us may have been reminded ...

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.” (Matthew 18:15) Find today’s readings here.

For some, storytelling has long been one of humanity's tools for understanding the past and its truth. Whether spanning ...