Herman Sutter

Reflect  According to the parable, the mustard seed is “the smallest of all seeds…” (Mk 4:30-32). What does it mean that Jesus says that the

Reflect When we pray the Our Father and ask God for our daily bread, what are we really asking for? In John 4:34, Jesus tells

Reflect  A friend recently compared heaven to an all-you-can-eat buffet. He said he got the idea from Dante’s Paradiso. His theory is that the buffet table

Reflect Somewhere towards the middle of Wendell Berry’s beautiful novel Jayber Crow, there is a beatific vision that seems utterly transcendent, and touchingly humane. Jayber gets

Reflect “Instead they gave me poison for my food; and for my thirst they gave me vinegar” (Ps 69:22). How many times have I done this?

Reflect  Many of us may recall the old English teacher adage: Show, don’t tell. In some sense, Jesus is saying the same thing when he says: “Even