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Monday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The leader of the synagogue had it all wrong, and he of all people should have known what was right. God always intended the Sabbath day to be a day of rest, yes, but also of healing. There is no way that we can rest if we are in need of healing. The…
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The Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Time, Talent and Treasure
Today’s readings Mike was one of my favorite people in the world. He owned the service station where my family had, and still has, our cars repaired and maintained ever since we first moved out to the suburbs, almost forty years ago now. Dad used to joke that with all the cars we brought in…
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Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
St. Ignatius was a convert to Christianity who eventually became the bishop of Antioch. During his time in Antioch, the Emperor Trajan began persecuting the Church there and forced people to choose between death and denying the faith. Ignatius would have none of that, so he was placed in chains and brought to Rome for…
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Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We just finished hearing about the challenges and ministry of Jonah this past week. Jonah, called to preach repentance to the Ninevites, finds that he would rather not, and so attempts to get away from God. That, of course, doesn’t work because there is no where that God is not, so he ends…
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The Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I love it when the Gospel has a curious story in it because it’s fun then to peel back the layers of the story, kind of like an onion, and get at what’s inside. Today’s Gospel story is just like that. When our modern ears hear this parable, there are surely things that…
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Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Have you ever been sure of the Lord’s call in your life and it just terrified you? I have. And for those of us who have been in this position, we can perhaps understand Jonah’s reaction in today’s first reading. He had been called by the Lord to preach to the people in…
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Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: Respect Life Sunday
Today’s readings Today, I’d like to share a bit more of a sermon than a homily, reflecting more on a specific topic than on the readings themselves. I do this because today is Respect Life Sunday, and I think it’s important to be aware of what the Church teaches on this very important issue. I…
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Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings God’s salvation is radical. Zechariah, in the first reading, is speaking to the broken Israel. On account of its sins, it was taken into captivity and exiled to Babylon. The fate they suffered was well deserved. Generations had rejected the Lord’s covenant, had instead turned to the pagan gods worshipped by the people…
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The Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The new translation of the Creed
Over the next several weeks, Father Steve, our deacons, and I will be preaching about the upcoming changes to the Mass. As you know, we will begin using a new translation of the Roman Missal beginning the first Sunday of Advent this year, which is November 27. We’ve already begun teaching and using the newly-translated…
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Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I love the little line in the gospel reading that says, “Take care, then, how you hear.” It almost seems like a throw-away line, but really, I believe, it’s an essential instruction from Jesus. We disciples are to take care how we hear. Not what we hear, although that’s probably part of it,…
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