The full text of God’s testing of Abraham is a masterpiece of narrative art. Today’s First Reading (Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18) is an abbreviated version. Read more…
Dear brothers and sisters, Today we celebrate the Christian understanding of God, the Holy Trinity. God is an outgoing, active communion of love. Read more..
Dear Parishioners, Today’s Gospel, Luke 9:51-62, begins at a turning point in the Gospel of Luke: the moment (9:51) when Jesus sets out on the long journey to Jerusalem that [...]
Dear Parishioners, Today’s First Reading, from the Book of Wisdom (9:13-18), reflects the pessimism about the human body prevalent in some strains of Hellenistic Judaism. ‘A perishable body presses down [...]