When I was 4, I told my mother that I was running away and would never come back. She replied that any child of hers who ran away and never came back would receive a punishment she/he would never ...

Sunday, April 6, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11. This Sunday’s Mass features the well-known Gospel of the ...

Last week we heard about a wild child whose self-destructive behavior ended up sending him right back into the arms of his father. This week, John tells us the same story with different characters. In ...

This year of 2024, the Fifth Sunday of Lent coincides with St. Patrick's Day, the feast of the patron saint of Ireland. And while many people are taking the opportunity to revel in all things Irish, a ...

Moving closer to Jesus is one of the goals of Lent. In the Gospel of John, chapter 20, verse 32, Jesus said: “I will draw everyone to myself.” This is a promise we can count on. His strength will ...

This is the last week of my “catch-up” on Scriptures and Art. As I’ve pointed out, there are two possible readings this year for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent. That is because while the ...

On a cold December morning in 1832, a New England farmer named John Durfee found the corpse of a young woman hanging from a stack pole on his farm. She was Sarah Maria Cornell, a 29-year-old mill ...