Posted by Carol Johnson on 10/20/24
In today's Gospel reading, St. Mark tells us about the time when two apostles, James and John, made an important request to the Lord. They asked the Lord, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left” (Mark 10:37). St. ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 10/16/24
Perhaps the amount of money this seven-year-old boy saw in the collection basket of the church in my hometown was the largest amount of money he had ever seen. This boy thought that all that money was for the priest of the church. He was once asked what he ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 10/07/24
The Bizarro world is a fictional planet that arrived on the scene of comic books in the 1960s. In the Bizarro world everything was the opposite of our planet. When I reflect on today’s Gospel reading, I think of this Bizarro world. Because of original sin, humanity lived in ... Read More »