On the surface, this reading looks just like another healing miracle. But, the context suggests that this story is an image of a much larger event. It follows the story of the Transfiguration. The way the Transfiguration story is laid

Sometimes there’s more happening than meets the eye. Jesus sends his disciples out into the world. They are called to bring peace to those who accept them and to preach about the Kingdom of God. When they return, they tell

If your path is leading to destruction, doesn’t it make sense to have a change direction? As Jesus heads towards Jerusalem, he’s warned that other Galileans, like himself, were killed by Herod. Beware! However, perhaps those Galileans deserved their fate.

The word faith is often misunderstood. For many of us, we talk about having faith in God, in Christ, in the Trinity. And, what we mean by this that we believe a certain set of concepts. We’ve mentally understood the

It was Simon Sinek who revolutionized the way businesses think about themselves. Instead of thinking about what a company does or how they do it, companies should think about why they do what they do. Today’s passage helps us understand

In the ancient world, pagan religion functioned as a quid pro quo. You made a sacrifice to a god in the hopes of something in return. By giving the gods something they wanted, it was expected that they would provide

Today’s reading is in honor of an American saint: Raphael of Brooklyn. Unlike other saints, his feast day isn’t on the same date every year. Instead, it’s always the first Saturday in November. Here, in St. Raphael, we see an

In western Christianity, today is the feast of “All Saints.” However, in the east, we celebrate the unmercenaries, Cosmas and Damian. And, today’s reading is a nod to them. They were doctors who healed free of charge, hence their title,

To understand Jesus’s criticism in today’s reading, it helps to put it in context. In the previous verses, Jesus criticized the religious leaders of his day for being self-absorbed. Only outward appearances concerned them, and they used religion as a