In today’s Gospel reading Jesus heals a deaf and mute man. But as all things with God’s word, what happened once to this one man, is a life lesson for all people and all times. The clue to discover this, is in one magical word Ephphatha (say it). Its Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke, it…
We are deep into hurricane season here in Florida. Back one hundred and fifty years or so, hurricane season was just three months-July, August & September. Then in 1935, it expanded to 5 months. Now we are at 6 months, and with the ocean staying warmer for longer, meteorologists want to expand it more. Pretty…
Mary is not given the first and last word in our Spiritual lives merely for being a great woman, though she was, but because of what she reveals to us of her Son Jesus Christ, such that the closer we are to her the closer we are to him. Taking our Holy Scriptures as one…
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Jn 15:5 When the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, is asked what his best game was of his long career, he says it was the…
Nobody likes to see the doctor, not just Dr. George, but any doctor. The main reason being if you go to the doctor, you have to admit that you’re sick. Or even worse, you go to the doctor with one problem, but come to find out you have a whole bunch of others. We tend…
God has always preferred to do great things through the humble and the meek, we read of this attribute of God’s heart nearly every Sunday. It’s the entire story of Jesus and the New Testament. It’s the entire story of the Jews and the Old Testament. It’s also the story of the Oldest Testament, nature,…
The Apostles were teaching a crowd of followers well into the evening, such that they hadn’t eaten all day. When they finally thought of food, it was evening and there were only five loaves of bread and two fish available to feed 5000 people. Jesus says to them, well go ahead and feed them. The…