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Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops
Today’s readings The sign of a good leader is her or his ability to perpetuate their activity. A good corporate leader is future-minded, and lays the groundwork for his successor to carry the company forward. A good parent raises children that can be set free one day to be successful and prudent in life, extending…
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The Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Today’s readings If we think that we are the ones who get to determine the direction of our lives, we are dead wrong. Look at Saul: educated in all the finest Jewish schools, well-versed in the Law and the Prophets, and zealous for the faith to a fault. He was absolutely the model Jewish man…
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Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
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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Saint Anthony, Abbot
When Saint Anthony – and this is not the Saint Anthony who helps us find lost things – was about eighteen years old, his parents died, and left him to care for his young sister and the family home. They had left him with an inheritance to take care of this. Saint Athanasius writes that…
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Monday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings One of the great problems that many people have with living the spiritual life is that they want it on their own terms. So often, we think we know what God wants, or even worse, we want God to want what we want. And so we act according to our own desires instead…
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The Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Welcome to Ordinary Time! This Church year, this year of grace, actually began last November with the First Sunday of Advent. Since then, we’ve been through Advent and Christmas, Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord. Today is our first “green” Sunday; actually the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time actually began…
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Saturday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In today’s Gospel, we have the continued Epiphany of Jesus manifested as one who identifies with sinners. That is not, of course, to say that he was a sinner; quite the contrary, because we know that Jesus was like us in all things but sin. But today we see that he is certainly…
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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 I’m going to make things pretty simple today. If someone asks you what my homily was about, you’ll be able to sum it up in just four words: “Walk toward the light.” And that’s good advice, I think, for us who walk around in what can be a very dark world. Today’s first…
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The Most Holy Name of Jesus
Today’s readings Not everyone has St. John the Baptist around to point out the Messiah to them. Lots of us, I think, at one point or another, would have loved to have been in the sandals of those apostles when Jesus was passing by. As much as we believe that Christ is present in every…
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