Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings When I was in seminary, one of the big courses we had to pass with flying colors early on was called Christology. As the name might suggest, Christology is the study of Jesus Christ, but perhaps more specifically … Continued
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time: Let your mercy come to me, O Lord
Today’s readings “Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.” I love that there were short verses for the psalm today, and we got to repeat this refrain from the Psalmist over and over. If you think about it, and … Continued
Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It was shortly after lunch that I finished this homily, and who could blame me? With all this talk of “juicy, rich food” and wedding banquets, and even St. Paul saying that he knew what it was like … Continued
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s homily is a bit of a mystagogy on this familiar experience we have of praying the Lord’s Prayer. Mystagogy is a kind of reflecting back on the mysteries. Once we have experienced the mysteries and practices and … Continued
Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: Respecting Life
Today’s readings Today, I’d like to share a bit more of a sermon than a homily, reflecting more on a specific topic than on the readings themselves. I do this because today is respect life Sunday, and this is of … Continued
Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I reflect often these days on how much less I seem to know compared to what I thought I knew as a young adult. In those late-teen and early-twenties years, I think so many of us think we … Continued
The Guardian Angels
Today’s readings: Exodus 23:20-23; Psalm 91; Matthew 18:1-5, Matthew 18:10 “For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways.” These are incredibly comforting words that the Psalmist sings to us today. God never allows anything to overshadow … Continued
St. Jerome
Today’s readings It seems like St. Jerome had much in common with the disciples of today’s Gospel reading. Jerome, rather unfortunately, was known for his quick temper and sometimes mean-spirited pen. If they had email in those days, he’d be … Continued
Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Sometimes it’s hard to accept that something is in our best interest when we first hear of it. I can remember often growing up not wanting to do something like go on a retreat or join the youth … Continued
St. Vincent de Paul, priest
Today’s readings St. Vincent became a priest with the expectation of enjoying the easy, affluent sort of life priests had in those days. That was his goal in some ways until he heard the deathbed confession of a dying servant. … Continued
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