Peace Be With You

John 20:19-31 Acts 4:32-35 Sister Sandra Schneiders tackles our first reading today and points out a different possibility in our translation of "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven, and if you retain the sins, they are retained." You see, in the second half of the sentence, there is no mention of …

Debts…

  Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:10-28 I'm not exactly sure what to stand here and say. Hundreds of Klu Klux Klan members, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and others forming the catchall phrase 'Alt-Right' have appeared in Charlottesville. You know this. Many came armed with AK47s, hand guns, knives, shields, armor and helmets. Armed for war. Armed …

None Too Small

Jeremiah 1:4-10 Luke 13:10-17 Crises are terrible, horrible situations - a time when things are a disaster, catastrophe, and calamity. But did you know they're also the turning point? Whatever happens in the future from that moment, for better or worse, is influenced by the critical time of the crisis. City after city, we keep …