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Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn
Today’s readings Today we observe the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. This is a day that we cannot take lightly, and it is good that we begin it by celebrating Mass. We all know the issue: so many children have been legally put to death since the Roe v. Wade…
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Saturday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “He is out of his mind.” Well that’s a fine way for relatives to receive a person, especially Jesus. But maybe everyone has relatives with whom they don’t see eye-to-eye. People who, it would seem, should know us best, often misunderstand us. But the story of Jesus’ life is that his family isn’t…
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Thursday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today we hear about the amazing power of spiritual friendship, through the lens of the relationship of Jonathan and David. If it were not for Jonathan, Saul would have murdered David not just in the story we heard today, but many times. The Lord’s rejection of Saul was driving him to madness, and,…
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The Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What are you looking for? That’s the question Jesus asks us today, and it’s a good one. For the disciples who were checking him out, I think it took them aback somewhat. They weren’t expecting that and they honestly didn’t have a great answer. So instead they do what Jesus usually does and…
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Friday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “We have never seen anything like this.” That statement, from today’s Gospel reading, can be taken in a at least a couple of different ways. It could be an expression of amazement: the people were seeing something new in Jesus and found it to be astonishingly wonderful. “We have never seen anything like…
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Thursday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings My niece is now in college; I can’t believe how time has flown. But back when she was little, she knew how to wrap Uncle Patrick around her little finger. I remember one time when we were out at the mall, she said something like, “If you want, you can buy me a…
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Tuesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It is always interesting to me how clearly the unclean spirits know who Jesus is. For them, Christ our God inspires fear and rebellion. But even these unclean spirits, hearing his voice, begrudgingly obey. Jesus teaches with authority, as the people standing by admit of him. This is a teaching that cannot be…
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The Epiphany of the Lord
Today’s readings See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples. Barbara hated Christmas this year. Every time she went into a department store, she had to get out as quickly as she could; taking with her a depression that fatigued her and permeated throughout the day. The bright lights and the festive…
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Saturday after the Christmas Octave
Today’s readings The readings in these Christmas days find us unpacking the gift we have been given. Now that we realize Christ incarnate among us, what does it mean? Why did he come? What has changed? Today’s first reading from Saint John’s first letter gets right at it: Jesus came through water and Blood and…
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Saint John Neumann, Bishop
Today’s readings Saint John Neumann is one of the first great American saints, the first American archbishop to be beatified. He is not to be confused with John Henry Cardinal Newman, of state university “Newman Center” fame. John Neumann was born in what is now the Czech Republic. After studying in Prague, he came to…
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