Titus 3:8-15; Luke 8:5-15           We live in an age of distraction with instant access to whatever entertainment we prefer.  Our attention spans have become short because we are used to quick and superficial encounters with sources of informatio...

2 Corinthians 6:1-10; Luke 7:11-16           The widow of Nain certainly had no expectation that the day of her son’s death was “the day of salvation.”  It was surely been the worst day of her life, for in that time and place a widow who had lost ...

St. Luke 5:1-11        We have all felt at some point in our lives like Peter, James, and John when Jesus Christ found them washing their nets after a long night of unsuccessful fishing.  They had worked hard for hours and had caught nothing.  Fis...

Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1           In celebrating the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we do something that would have made no sense to anyone at the time of our Lord’s ministry in first-century Palestine.  The cross was then the most feared ...