-
Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s readings speak to us about the virtue of persistence. St. Paul was one who modeled persistence in his life and ministry. He quite often ran up against not only opposition, but also danger and imprisonment designed to thwart his preaching. But Paul was filled with the Spirit and would not let anything…
-
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Today’s readings I am sure if you have been a long time Glen Ellyn resident, you remember the Christian Science church at the corner of Main Street and Hawthorne. Their sign used to list their upcoming sermon topic, followed by the line “All are welcome.” Imagine my surprise when one day, the topic was going…
-
Saturday of the Seventh Week in Easter
Today’s readings One of the greatest obstacles to the Christian life is comparing ourselves to others. The Fathers of the Church all warn against that practice, and urge us to keep our eyes on our own relationship with God. The essence of discipleship is doing what we were put here to do, we ourselves. We…
-
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today’s readings A lack of unity will destroy us all. Jesus knew this, and so did St. Paul. In fact, St. Paul used a lack of unity among the Jews to save his own life. He knew that the Pharisees, of which he was one, believed in the resurrection of the dead, and angels and…
-
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Today’s readings When I was on my pastoral internship in seminary, my supervisor and I talked about the fact that our Liturgy is very wordy. Think about it: all of the prayers and readings and songs – it’s a lot of words to take in in an hour or less, but we do it all…
-
The Sixth Sunday in Easter
Today’s readings A topic in the spiritual life that I think we don’t understand the way we should, and which doesn’t get a lot of discussion, is hope. Saint Peter in today’s second reading urges us to “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope…” …
-
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Easter
Today’s readings Just in case we thought living the Christian life of discipleship was going to be a rosy celebration of joy every single day, our Lord gives us a dose of reality today. He points out that if we find ourselves hated by the world, we have to remember that the world hated him…
-
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings Catholics by nature are not supposed to be stagnant people. Being Catholic means being on the move. Many of the ancient churches were built in a shape that evoked a ship, which hearkened back to Noah’s ark, which was a foreshadowing of the Church. Just as that ark was the means of salvation…
-
Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
The divinity of Jesus is an essential truth of our faith. The words of the Liturgy proclaim that divinity very boldly, especially in the Creed. The Gospels show us time and time again that Jesus came to proclaim his divinity, his oneness with the Father, so as to be the means of salvation. Almost all…
-
Saint Joseph the Worker
Today’s readings Today we have the option to celebrate the memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker. And I personally think that, whenever we have the option to celebrate Saint Joseph, we should! I think this particular memorial resonates with so many of us who work for a living; Saint Joseph is our patron. The Christian…
You must be logged in to post a comment.