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That They May Be One
At first glance we might be tempted to yawn at our Gospel reading for today. After all, the story is merely about Jesus calling his first four disciples to his ministry. On top of all that, Matthew...
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Wonder Twin Powers
One of my favorite cartoons to watch as a child was The Superfriends, a collection of heroes who fought for justice against the forces of evil in the world. Two of the characters, Zan and Jane, were...
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Love beyond measure
Is something ethical because God commands it, or does God command it because it is ethical? This question gets at the very heart of Christian morality, for we often go astray in our answer. We are...
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The geography of temptation
Everyone has their favorite place, whether imaginative or real. It makes no difference whether we have actually been to this place or not. The place in question may for us be the most beautiful place...
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The gift of God
The first rule of being a new husband is never to ask this question: “Dear, what do you want for Christmas/birthday/anniversary/Valentine’s Day?” Invariably, the answer to the question will be, “Oh,...
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Waiting for God
If one were to conduct an informal survey on the street where we ask people where food comes from, what would we likely hear from people? Very likely a great many people would say that food comes from...
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‘You know what has happened’
One of the casualties of the present age is the inability to arrive at agreement on just about anything. Certainly on matters of taste and opinion we should not expect agreement among persons;...
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How foolish we are
Parents often marvel in disbelief over the things that young children will fight over. Who can forget the great debate over whose teddy bear was better, or the epic battles over space in the back seat...
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Come, Spirit of Peace
The marvel worked at Pentecost by the Spirit of God, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, is that people from all over the Mediterranean region hear the Sprit filled disciples in their own...
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The current Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross celebrates three events. First the finding of the relic of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, in the early...
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A King like no other
A jaded critic of Catholicism might dismiss the solemnity of Christ the King as an archaic liturgy celebrated by an obsolescent institution. He might protest that the outmoded notion of royalty does...
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Revelation:‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty’
Ed. note – This is fourth in a series on the Book of Revelation. As mentioned previously, the book of Revelation can be organized around successive images of Jesus Christ: as Prophet (Rev. 1-3),...
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Highway to Heaven
Last spring, on April 25, my wife and I experienced one of the saddest moments of our lives together. Thirty seven weeks into pregnancy, we discovered that our baby’s heart was no longer beating, that...
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Revelation: ‘The Seven Seals of Divine Judgment’
As we have already seen, Revelation was primarily written for the encouragement and consolation of those experiencing suffering and persecutions. In relation to this theme the book also highlights the...
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Have you opened the best Christmas gift?
God has given us a great gift! Christmas is the moment each year when we pause to consider this great gift; the Son of God, born in a humble stable in Bethlehem. “God sent forth his Son, born of...
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Repentance, Vocation, and the Path to Salvation
Last Lent Pope Francis captured media attention again by doing something utterly unexpected: he went to Confession. I suppose the astonishment arose in part because people still tend to put priests...
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The Bible and Typology in Revelation 12
Ed. note – The following in Scott McKellar’s series on Revelation is a response to a reader’s question on how the Woman in Revelation 12 could indicate both Mary and the Church. McKellar’s response is...
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A Final Call to Repentance
Chapter 14 of Revelation opens as a counter point to the worship of the beast described in Chapter 13. As we have already noted the beast is the Roman emperor who demands worship of himself as a god....
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The Fall of Babylon
In chapters 17-18 of Revelation St John uses several ancient rhetorical techniques. The first technique, in modern terms, would be a type of comparison and contrast. The second is a vivid description...
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The Call of Baptism: A Death March to Eternal Life
I like to think the somber title of this reflection is inspired by pious meditation on the Sunday Scriptures. (If not, then maybe it’s just my Irish ancestry!) The Scriptures this weekend present a...
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