Does inner peace exist?

The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians 2:14-22 We live in a society where people are desperately looking for inner peace, inner strength, inner contentment, and inner calm.  In order to gain such contentment or inner peace people have turned to eastern mysticism and meditation to clear the mind.  They have […]

Sacrifice or Mercy?

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 9:9-13   “Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’  We sometimes lose sight of the extraordinary way that the Lord Jesus spoke and taught as One having authority.  These words were a direct correction and challenge to the Pharisees of […]

Overturning the impossible

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 8:41-56 He will never change!  She will never change!  My situation will never get better! I’ve heard these phrases over and over during the last few years.  Sometimes it will be a husband complaining about his wife. More often it will be a wife complaining […]