“For the love of Christ impels us…” (2 Cor. 5:14) | father.mulcahy.net
Today’s readings Saint Paul was obviously a pretty tough guy. I don’t know about you, but if I barely weathered the storm of people throwing rocks at me and leaving me for dead, I might think twice about how I … Continued
Saint Catherine was born at Siena, in the region of Tuscany in Italy. When she was six years old Jesus appeared to Catherine and blessed her. As many parents do for their children, her mother and father wanted her to … Continued
Today’s readings One of the most exciting lines in today’s Liturgy of the Word comes in the second reading: “The One who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’” The book of Revelation is all about … Continued
Today’s readings Now think about this just for a minute – pretend you are Paul or Barnabas or one of the other apostles. Think about all the things they went through in that first reading. Paul hasn’t even been a … Continued
Today’s readings Mass for the school children. One of the most important things we can ever learn is that God loves us very much. God created us because of love: if he didn’t love us, he never would have made … Continued
Today’s readings We aren’t completely sure who St. Mark was. He might have been the first bishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Some scholars say he might have been the one described in chapter 14 of Mark’s Gospel, at the arrest of … Continued
Today’s readings I think most of the time, we really need to be reassured that we are in the hands of God. Things here on earth can be pretty uncertain on a daily basis. The state of the economy, wars … Continued
Today’s readings When God made the human person, he put into him and her a hunger and a thirst that could only be filled up with God. God made us for himself, because he is Love itself and Love must … Continued
Today’s readings Do you believe in coincidences? I can’t say that I do, at least not in the spiritual sense. Sometimes, I think, being in the right place at the right time is divinely ordained. Far more often than we … Continued
Today’s readings So they drag Saint Stephen before the Sanhedrin, and make all sorts of false claims against him. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? We heard a story just like this during Holy Week! In fact, Stephen is in good company. … Continued
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