Gospel MK 8:11-13 The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” Then he left them, got into the …
February 13, 2015
Gospel MK 7:31-37 Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put …
February 12, 2015
Gospel MK 7:24-30 Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him …
February 11, 2015
Gospel MK 7:14-23 Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them, “Are …
Emmanuel…God is with Us
One December afternoon, I found myself standing at the front door of a three family home on the South side of Brockton. With two wonderful volunteers, three bags of Christmas gifts and a $50 gift card to Stop & Shop in tow, I rang the bell. Within a few seconds a young man in his late teens flung the door …
February 10, 2015
Gospel MK 7:1-13 When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. (For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. And on coming from the …
A Little Faith and Hope
By Jessica Chaves from Haemonetics in Braintree Jessica chose to spend a day making deliveries as part of her company’s employee volunteer program. It was her first time volunteering with us. Safe to say, though, it won’t be her last! “I don’t know what I’m walking into.” That’s what I kept thinking to myself when we pulled up to the …
2015 Urban Plunge – Another Way We Serve as “A Ministry of Education”
From January 6th – 9th, 16 college students from 5 different schools joined us for “Urban Plunge,” an intensive service retreat we’ve hosted for the past nineteen years. Along with our staff, the students slept overnight at My Brother’s Keeper in Easton, attended daily Mass, delivered furniture and food, volunteered at local homeless shelters and soup kitchens, and reflected each …
February 9, 2015
Gospel MK 6:53-56 After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages …