...if a great millstone was put around their neck and s/he was thrown into the sea.” Jesus continues in this vein for several verses. Clearly, Jesus wants his disciples (and...
Reflection of the Gospel of Mark
Teachable Moments
follow me? Do you really believe I love you? Let’s hope we can respond better than his disciples did. In that story today Jesus observes his disciples arguing about whose...
Saint Hilary of Poitiers
St. Hilary was one of those great Christian heroes who poured out their lives laboring and suffering in defense of Christ's divinity. Scarcely had the days of bloody persecution ended...
Baptism of the Lord
...be part of this? The first answer to this is that Jesus in so doing was expressing his total solidarity with the human race, of which he was a member....