Fr. Denis Wiseman, OP

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 ...

God is generous. Through the prophet Isaiah, God invites us to “come to Me” for ourneeds: “All you who are ...

Most of us assume that there is a meaning to our life’s experiences. In todays’ secondreading, Romans 8:28-30), St. Paul ...

We might think that we inform God, who is apart from us, of our desires. In fact, God isalready with ...

We might be surprised that our efforts in seeking God or doing things for God entailsstruggles. Everything that is valuable, ...

In today’s Gospel, Matthew 11:25-30, Jesus marvels that the people, to whom Hepreached and for whom He worked miracles in ...

When newspaper articles speak of a person’s “loved ones,” they mean “members ofone’s family.” For many of us, our relatives ...