Jesus shows that he is intimately involved in, and has command over, the stuff of life in this story of healing. The healing is not done from a safe, sanitary distance, but up close and personal. Jesus makes body contact with a man whose tongue and ears are touched and cured. Jenny Close Subscribe at […]

If Netflix produces a movie using the contents of our hearts, I wonder if it would be for public viewing or if it would be limited only to a mature audience? When we take the Gospel’s demand to live with authenticity, a good look at our history might reveal stories of heartaches and pains that […]

This the final reading from John’s gospel in which the food image is the focus. The metaphor that Jesus uses about eating his flesh and drinking his blood is too graphic and shocking for many in his audience. The symbolic nature of the message is made plain when Jesus says that his words are ‘spirit […]

Why do we come to Mass? Hopefully, as well as to give thanks and praise to God, to be changed. At every Mass we witness the bread and wine being changed into Jesus. And the Word of God invites us to be changed too. So, how open are we to change (including very unexpected change): […]