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Thursday of the Twenty-second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings One of the things that has helped me in my spiritual life is the knowledge that “we’re not home yet.” We can list all kinds of things, I’m sure, that remind us that this life in this world is not perfect. But our hope is that we have the kingdom of God to…
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Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr
Today’s readings Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Josaphat, who was born in what is now Poland to Orthodox parents. He later became a Basilian monk, and was chosen bishop of Vitebsk, in what is now Russia. His task was to bridge the divide between the Roman and Orthodox Church, but this was not…
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Thursday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It’s all a matter of perspective – that’s true in most things, but most especially true in our relationship with God. Today’s Gospel gives us a glimpse at that. Jesus asks, “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and…
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Monday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.” I believe that one of the goals of all our lives is to find true peace. And unfortunately, we spend time looking for that peace in too many of the wrong places. We might think we can find peace in wealth, or status, or…
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The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Today’s readings: Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 63; Romans 8:31-39; John 11:17-27 One of my most vivid childhood memories was when I was just about nine years old. My grandfather on my mother’s side, who had retired just a few months earlier, was diagnosed with cancer. There wasn’t so much that could be done about cancer in…
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The Solemnity of All the Saints (Evening Mass)
Today’s readings How would you react if someone called you a saint? We hear that, sometimes, don’t we? When we do something good for someone, sometimes they’ll say, “Oh, thank you, you’re a saint!” But how does that make you feel? Do you bristle a bit and think, “not me!”? I think we all have…
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Solemnity of All the Saints
Today’s readings One of my friends told me that the nun who once taught him had a rather curious line to compliment a student when they had done a good deed: “May you die a martyr’s death!” Well, knowing how some of those saints died would make anyone cringe a little and say “yeah, thanks…
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Monday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Loose lips sink ships.” That’s a saying that I learned somewhere in my early elementary school life. I don’t think I fully understood what it meant at the time – all I appreciated was that it told me to keep my mouth shut. But as I’ve lived and matured, I know very well…
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Marriage Renewal Day Homily
Today’s readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 47; I John 4:7-12; Matthew 5:13-16 The Rite of Marriage gives us so many wonderful images for the spiritual life. Speaking of the bride, the nuptial prayer asks that she may model her life on “the holy women whose praises are sung in the Scriptures.” Speaking of the groom, it…
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