Outside the boundaries of our own churches, we might be enlightened by the examples of faith shown to us by people of other denominations. (Read On)

How many of God’s whispers to us do we miss due to our lack of recognition and sensitivity? Do we need earthquakes or strong winds to hear him? (Read More)

Our lives are meant to be filled with roller-coaster ups and downs of light and darkness on our journey to everlasting companionship with Jesus, but there's a way to level the tracks. (Read On)

Beware of the superficial signs of worldly joy and peace that falsely sway us into believing that this is all there is. (Read On)

The power of wheat to build God’s kingdom will always eclipse the power of weeds to destroy. (Read On)

We can be the eye- and ear-opener for those who contact God’s word on bare, rocky and thorny paths that Isaiah refers to who hear but don’t understand; who look and never see. (Read On)

When Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light," he didn’t mean an additional yoke, but the only yoke. (Read On)

Our ultimate milestone is to be crucified with Christ until all that remains in our flesh and blood is his life. Strive for this and you'll be sure to receive your reward. (Read On)

The worst thing a lector can do is change the wording of a petition up at the ambo on the fly, especially if your pastor had his hand in crafting it. (Read On) 

To wash the feet of our listeners through God's Word with the same love Jesus showed when he washed the feet of His apostles is a desire to manifest. (Read On)

Picture yourself knowing in advance the time of the 9/11 attacks and prophesying the outcome as widely as you could have back then. Jeremiah had a similar circumstance. (Read On)

Once at a Sunday Mass, I observed the presider looking over his homily notes while the lector was proclaiming. If a presider gives little attention to the lector, how much of his example rubs off on the assembly? (Read On)

We’ve been showered with multiple gifts of the Spirit for free. Perhaps it’s time to give them back as a laborer to the harvest for free. (read On)

...except the one person who may be desperate to hear, or benefit greatly from what your assigned reading TODAY has to say. (Read On)

When Jesus said, "I am the bread of life," which side would we have taken among the quarreling Jews who said, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat"? (Read On)

Not knowing the whole story of a reading is like catching a scene in the middle of a movie and taking it out of context because we didn't know the before and after parts. (Read On)

How often have we given up on God in our times of need (or want) and resorted to substitute idols for our comfort and satisfaction? (Read On)

In the same way the disciples received the power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost to go forth and preach, we also have been empowered to evangelize in our own unique ways. (Read On)

This is the week for us to go to our virtual “upper room” and relentlessly pray like the apostles for the refusion of the Holy Spirit within us; the reoccurrence of our own personal Pentecost. (Read On)

So you’ve been a lector for 25 years? Or one year 25 times? At my church’s lector workshops, about eighty-percent of our lectors show up, but the remaining twenty-percent usually feel they’re good enough to not need it. (Read On)