Several commentators use the word “intimate” to describe the incident in Mark’s gospel of Jesus healing the blind man. There’s a lot of physical touching involved.

by Pat Griffin, CM | May 7, 2025 | Reflections | 2 Comments
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.”
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 30, 2025 | Reflections | 0 Comments
I came across a poem entitled “To the Unknown God.” This heading conveys two things.
by Pat Griffin, CM | April 23, 2025 | Reflections | 1 Comment
At the opening of my homily during the Easter Vigil, I used an expression of Pope Francis that I like very much.
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 16, 2025 | Reflections | 1 Comment
What’s involved in encountering not just the outward appearance of somebody, but more importantly his or her inner life?
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 19, 2025 | Reflections
Several commentators use the word “intimate” to describe the incident in Mark’s gospel of Jesus healing the blind man. There’s a lot of physical touching involved.
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 12, 2025 | Reflections
In 2002, Pope John Paul II gave the Church the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary—the so/called Mysteries of Light. One of these mysteries is the Transfiguration.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 5, 2025 | Reflections
For many believers, the portrait sketched out in the 23rd psalm is the most stirring of them all. “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.” It’s a scene that has engraved itself on countless imaginations all through the centuries.
by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
During 2025, our attention for the Sunday Gospels of Ordinary Time finds its focus on Luke’s story of Jesus.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Much is revealed about a person by observing what he or she notices. And that’s because what one spots is in large part determined by what that person values more and appreciates less.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
An often-cited quote from Dale Carnegie: “Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.”
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 1, 2024 | Formation, Media, Reflections
‘in serving persons who are poor, we serve Jesus Christ…. and that is as true as that we are here’. (CCD IX:199)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Anyone who regularly prays the rosary knows the experience of repetition. In the course of fingering the beads through five decades, you’ll have recited the same prayer, the Hail Mary, over 50 times.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus’ frequent mention of children can shed light on the nature of this Kingdom He speaks about, the Kingdom of his dear Father.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In John’s gospel, to shed light on the meaning of his upcoming death, Jesus employs the image of a grain of wheat.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Sep 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Sep 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In many different instances, Jesus shows awareness of a world wider than the human one.