Fr. Denis Wiseman, OP

Twenty Eight Sunday – C
Ten lepers call to Jesus from their distance: “Master, have pity on us” (Luke 17:11-19).Of course, Jesus pitied them. Their ...

Twenty Seventh Sunday – C
Have you felt overwhelmed when given new responsibilities? St. Timothy may have feltthat way when St. Paul designated him to ...

Twenty Sixth Sunday
The Church’s insistence on social justice begins with Jesus, has been articulated by itsSaints and Popes, especially since Pope Leo ...

Twenty Fifth Sunday – C
Why does God want us to ask for things? Does God change His mind when we keepasking, similar to the ...

Holy Cross
Yves Congar, O.P., has written that “The relationship [between God and us] is nowaffected through God humbling Himself to come ...

Twenty Fourth Sunday – C
Probably every one that cares about being a good person feels guilty about the ways inwhich he or she has ...

Twenty Third Sunday – C
Should we hate anyone? Today’s Gospel, Luke 14:25-33, lines up a whole list of peoplewe might hate: “If anyone comes ...

Twenty Second Sunday – C
Because of Jesus’ ongoing challenges of the emphasis on the rules of the Pharisees,some people think the commandments to love ...

Twenty First Sunday – C
“Try to come in through the narrow gate” (Luke 13:24). What is the “narrow gate” andhow do we “try to ...

Twentieth Sunday – C
If we look at today’s Gospel, Luke 12:49-53, we might think that Christians are verydifficult people: families are divided two ...