Dear Friends,

“You are the Salt of the Earth” Jesus says to the disciples in this week’s Gospel Reading. In the Biblical world, salt was very valuable. In fact, the word ‘salary’ comes from the same Latin roots as salt. So, not only was Jesus saying “you are precious,” he was also saying

Dear Friends,

Religious harmony leads to harmony and peace between peoples world-wide. That is the premise of the United Nation General Assembly resolution (October 15, 2010) declaring the first week of February every year World Interfaith Harmony Week. It states:

Dear Friends,

Today we move into the liturgical season of “Ordinary Time.” Interestingly, we are launched into this season of the “ordinary” by the national remembrances of a most ‘extraordinary’ man, Martin Luther King, Jr. Or, perhaps,

Dear Friends,

Yesterday’s Eucharist narrated the story of Jesus calling Peter and Andrew and James and John to come and follow and be fishers of people.

This prompted us to reflect on the ‘nets’

Dear Friends,

The Gospel this weekend speaks of two who went up to the temple to pray. One is full of himself and there is no room for God or for anyone else. The other is “humble” but is perhaps too focused on his faults and not celebrating enough his blessings.