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Monday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “O LORD, how many are my adversaries!” That is what the Psalmist cries out today. And well he might, because we see those many adversaries in today’s Liturgy of the Word. The casting out of the demon Legion is a chilling one for us, I think, because it’s really our story. How many…
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Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Well, here we are, with Lent staring us in the face already. We just finished the season of Christmas and Epiphany, and the year Easter comes early, so we are gearing up for our next intense spiritual season. Today’s liturgy of the word, I think, is a nice transition into that season of…
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The Presentation of the Lord II
Today’s Readings Back in the time that Jesus lived, it was a law that every first-born male in a family was presented to God, given to God to do God’s will. They would come on the fortieth day of the child’s life and present the child, along with a sacrificial offering and they would receive…
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The Presentation of the Lord I
Today’s readings (Used a “vigil” of this feast for the school children to close Catholic Schools Week.) Back in the time that Jesus lived, it was a law that every first-born male in a family was presented to God, given to God to do God’s will. They would come on the fortieth day of the…
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Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The story of David and Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite is compelling. It almost seems like the kind of thing you’d hear on a soap opera or some kind of crime drama. But here we have it right at the beginning of our Liturgy of the Word today. This reading is teaching us…
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St. John Bosco, Priest
Today’s readings St. John Bosco was a master catechist who knew the meaning of Jesus’ question in today’s Gospel: “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?” He was a priest who was concerned with the whole person of…
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St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor
Today’s readings “But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property.” Not many have done more to strengthen the house of the Church than St. Thomas Aquinas. I have to admit that reading him in seminary was rather a challenge, because it was often hard to follow his line of reasoning…
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Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings About fifteen years ago now, my home parish put on a production of the musical Godspell, and somehow I found myself part of the cast. If you’ve ever seen the musical, you know that it is based on the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel that we are reading during this Church year. I…
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St. Francis de Sales
Today’s readings | Today’s saint “A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrelful of vinegar.” This quote pretty much sums up the way St. Francis de Sales approached life and ministry. Francis de Sales took seriously the words of Christ, “Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart.” As he…
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The Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Today’s readings “Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart.” This instruction to Samuel is both a good thing and a bad thing for us, I think. It’s good because it’s nice to know that there is One who does not judge us on…
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