Fr. Corbin Eddy

In Sunday's Gospel, the Samaritan townspeople are not welcoming Jesus as he makes his way to Jerusalem. This prompts James and John to make a wild suggestion: command fire from heaven to come down and consume them! Perhaps James and John…

It was to shepherds in the hill country around Bethlehem that the message of the Savior’s birth was first delivered. An angel invited them to seek out an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. The shepherds’ role in the…