Today's readings [display_podcast] Susanna's story is one of the most eloquent in the Old Testament Scriptures, in it we see the wisdom of the prophet Daniel, as well as the mercy and justice of God. The story serves as a beautiful support to the acquittal of the adulterous woman, in which we are treated to…

Today's readings [display_podcast]  Okay, those of you who heard my homily last week know that the healing of the man born blind wasn't about the man born blind at all. So you might not be all that shocked to hear me say that the raising of Lazarus isn't about Lazarus at all. I mean, look…

Today's readings [display_podcast] Knowing where a person is from is a Scriptural way of labeling that person. So maybe we too have ways of "knowing where people are from" and we label them according to race, or parentage, or upbringing, or whatever. We have to be very careful not to write people off because in…

Today's readings [display_podcast] In Lent, we are called above all to repent of our stiff-neckedness. If we are people who are set in our ways, and bristle when we hear that the Church or the Scriptures call on us to change our ways, then we have set up an impregnable obstacle to the mercy of…

Today's readings [display_podcast] Life is the gift of God who desires the best for all his creatures. Sin and death no longer have the last word, because nothing is more powerful than God and his love for us. Therefore, we are all a covenant to the world, a covenant that death and sin are temporary…

Today's readings [display_podcast] Rushing water is the symbol in today's Scriptures of God's presence in the world. That water rushes out from the temple – the Church – and becomes a river that gives life to all the world. That same water is stirred up in the Church for the healing of those who have…

Readings: Colossians 1:9-14 | Psalm 112 | Matthew 5:13-16 [display_podcast] All of us disciples are given the great gift of grace so that we may be salt and light to the world. No gift, no treasure that we receive from God is ever something that is just for ourselves, but instead is always meant to…

Today's readings [display_podcast] At the heart of our practice of prayer has to be trust in God. We don't – or shouldn't – need signs to convince us of God's love and care for us. But just as the royal official trusted that Jesus could cure his son, so we too need to trust that…

Today's readings [display_podcast] Now this sounds like a horrible thing for a priest to be telling you in Mass, but I’m going to say it anyway. Who on earth cares about the healing of a blind person? Well, the blind person, sure, and maybe some of his relatives and the people who know him, but…