Fr. Denis Wiseman, OP

Many people whom we consider to be close to us are physically very far from us. Longbefore e-mail, phone calls, ...

We are surprised by the ending of today’s Gospel (Mt 22:1-14). The king told hisservants to bring anyone they find ...

Matthew, and the other Evangelists as well, sprinkles clues to Jesus’ identity throughouthis Gospel. If we don’t watch carefully we ...

Paul challenges the Christians to think the way that Jesus thought. In today’s secondreading (The Letter to the Philippians 2:1-11), ...

The message of today’s Gospel (Matthew 20: 1-16) seems unfair: those who come towork in the vineyard in the late ...

Jesus tells Peter to forgive his brother “seventy times seven times” (Matthew 18:22). Toexplain what He means, Jesus tells the ...

What do we do when someone wrongs us? Sometimes, we react harshly. Sometimeswe withdraw and brood over what the person ...

A week ago, in last Sunday’s Gospel, on the mountain, Jesus announced that Peterwas “blessed” because the Father had revealed ...

We might imagine that, Jesus’ closest disciples had figured out Jesus’ identity beforethey began to follow Him. That wasn’t the ...

“Every action of Christ is for our instruction.” These words of St. Thomas Aquinasdisclose his conviction that Jesus’ instructions are ...