January 2012

When Jesus taught in the synagouge, His authority was derived not from the power of holding a religious office, nor from mere expertise. The authority that Jesus possessed, then and now, is from His being one with the author, the creator, of the very truth He propounded. As God creates the world by God’s word […]

We live in a busy world and many of us complain that we haven’t got time even for the things we consider of real importance. Yet deep down most of us are honest enough to recognize that we don’t manage our time very well and that we often waste time or procrastinate, looking for distractions.

Today we hear about a young boy, Samuel, brought up in the house of the priest Eli. He thought he heard his master calling him, but eventually he was instructed how to answer the call. It was God who was calling him, and Samuel was to reply, “Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening.” From that

St. John prepares the people for Jesus, and Jesus arrives and is baptized. It is so familiar that we run the risk of not seeing how amazing this story is. Firstly, John the Baptist has developed a big following and is an important spiritual leader, yet here he is telling the people that someone much

Circumcision remained a command of God and a sign of membership in Abraham’s family. But it was more than this as well. In Leviticus, God himself revealed the true meaning of circumcision: “But if they confess their iniquity, that they have walked contrary to me, . . . if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, then