Jesus highlights the constricted road and the narrow gate that those who follow him should pursue. 

I have written about the characters in the Parable of the Good Samaritan whom we might call “the passersby.” week, we celebrated the Sacred Heart of Jesus followed by the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  It seems appropriate to link these two celebrations. 

When we read one of the most powerful of parables in the Gospel of Luke, the Good Samaritan, we could highlight five characters within the story itself. 

The last paragraph of Paul’s letter to the Galatians begins with an eye-catching line.  It would literally be so if we could see the original text.

Last week, we celebrated the Sacred Heart of Jesus followed by the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  It seems appropriate to link these two celebrations. 

This year’s observance of a “Jubilee of Hope,” our recent celebration of Pentecost, and last week’s memorial for St. Barnabas all tend in the same direction for me. 

I have been blessed with the privilege of visiting the Marian shrines at Lourdes and Knock several times. I have spent some hours in those special places of prayer. 

Sister Louise Sullivan, D.C has an article on “The Core Values of Vincentian Education” which provides my regular starting point when I speak of education as an important part of our charism and mission. 

Whenever I read John 21:15-19, which is only a few verses from the end of the Gospel, I am drawn to reflect on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his book “The Cost of Discipleship.”

At the opening of my homily during the Easter Vigil, I used an expression of Pope Francis that I like very much.