Lead in: In Mark 3:20, we find Jesus in the early part of his ministry, but he was already widely known. So when word got out that Jesus had come back to his hometown, a huge crowdgathered pressing in on him. So much so that he didn’t even have time to eat. Like...

Lead in: In Mark 14, we hear the story of the first Eucharist. Popular Catholic speaker and teacher Scott Hahn says that if the Eucharist is nothing more than a meal, then Christ’s death on the cross at Calvary was nothing more than an execution. True, the Eucharist...

Lead in: For centuries, theologians have attempted to articulate who God is. No matter how profound or articulate or eloquent their description of God, the words fall far short of who God really is. No language can ever fully capture God’s essence. Yet, metaphors help...

Lead in: The story of Elijiah in the Old Testament (I Kings 19:12) reminds us that sometimes God comes to us in the whisper of a “still small voice”. And then at other times God comes to us in a big way that’s hard to miss. That’s what happened at Pentecost. A rush of...

Lead in: “Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.” That is easy for Superman because he has the superhuman powers of a superhero. In Mark 16:15-20, Jesus mentions some of the superhuman feats that...

Lead in: Legend has it that, as an old man, the apostle John’s message to people always ended with the same exhortation, “Love one another.” This theme is reflected in John 4:7-10 where “love” is mentioned nine times and in John 15:9-17 where it’s mentioned ten times....

Lead in: In John Chapter 15, we hear Jesus give the imperative to “remain” in him repeated eight times. To remain or dwell refers to a relationship in which one feels at home, and it signifies the intimate and mutual love that exists between the Father and Jesus. We...

Lead in: Given the presence of thieves, bandits, and wolves the good shepherd has a dangerous job. Yet he is willing to lay down his life for his sheep. To make that clear, the phrase “lays down his life” appears five times in John 10:11-18. This good shepherd who...

Lead in: In Luke 24:35, the two disciples recount what had taken place on the way and how Jesus “was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”As he did for his disciples, so Jesus does for us in the breaking of the bread at Eucharist.Prompt: How does Christ...

Lead in: John 20:19-31 takes us to the room where the disciples are holding out. They have locked the door for fear that what happened to Jesus would happen to them. They are struggling to make sense of all that has happened. The one they had followed for the last...