Sharing the Word

We can get bogged down in our troubles and begin to see the world in a negative light. It's then that we need to go to our faith and our experience of God to get the bigger picture.

In today's Gospel passage Jesus implies that both government and religion have claims on us. We owe both.

We Catholics ask Mary to pray for us now and at the hour of our death. She is always there for us just as she was there for Elizabeth.

If John the Baptist got his authority from God, so does Jesus. If the Baptist’s authority wasn’t from God, then neither is Jesus’. What kind of authority does Jesus have in my life?

When Jesus calls for fruitfulness, he expects to find results. If the Lord looked for fruitfulness from us today, what would he find?

The narrative of the blind Bartimaeus is really a lesson about how we are to approach Jesus. It’s a lesson about prayer.