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The Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time [B]
Today’s readings Today I want to reflect on what I consider to be one of the most important principles of the spiritual life. That principle is completely summed up in one short sentence: “It’s not about me.” Over the last couple of weeks, we have been able to take a look at the various people…
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Monday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I love the words of the Psalmist today: “The Lord is gracious and merciful.” These are words that are easy for us to pray when things are going well, but maybe not so much when we’re going through rough times. At first glance today, it seems like the psalmist is going through some…
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The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The story goes that one day, Saint Teresa of Avila was wheeling a cart across a bridge over the river. At one point along the bridge’s passage, a wheel of the cart got stuck in the planks, and Teresa had to wrestle the cart to get going again. In the struggle, the cart…
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Monday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The immediacy of discipleship is of paramount importance. The call of our baptism is more urgent than anything else in our lives. Or, at least, that’s how it should be. Just like anything else in life that requires something from us, discipleship can take a back seat to other things that come along. …
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The Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I spent a good bit of time visiting people I know in the hospital this week. My godmother had some serious surgery, which she came through quite well, praise God, but it looks like she will be recovering in the hospital a bit longer than she would like. I also visited with one…
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Monday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Pride is, perhaps, the most insidious of the sins with which we have to deal. And I say “we” because yes, we all have to deal with it at some level at some point in our lives. Pride keeps us from seeing that we’re headed down the wrong path. Pride also keeps us…
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Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Today’s readings Today we celebrate a feast that is a bit unusual for us. First of all, it’s a saint’s feast day, and saints’ days don’t usually take precedence over a Sunday celebration. Secondly, whenever we do celebrate a saint’s day, it is usually celebrated on the feast of their death, not their birth. But…
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Monday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. Today’s Gospel reading is one of those parables that we hear often, but I think we can be puzzled by it and so…
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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Today’s readings I don’t see many movies, but one that I saw recently and liked very much was “The Avengers.” One of my favorite theological moments in this film is when the Black Widow character is describing Thor and his dark-side brother Loki to Captain America and she says, “They’re like gods.” Captain America won’t…
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