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The Ascension of the Lord
Today’s readings Have you ever been at a loss for words? Have you been in a situation that was so astounding that you were just … speechless? Hopefully it was for something astoundingly wonderful, as for the apostles as their Lord ascended to heaven. Can you imagine what was going through the disciples’ minds as…
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Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Today we’re gathered on what is, for us, the eve of the Ascension. While the reading that we have in today’s Gospel is from John’s account of the eve of the Passion, the words could well have been spoken to the Apostles on the eve of the Ascension too. So Jesus is speaking…
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Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Petty jealousy is a pernicious thing. Paul experienced it, directed against him by those Jews who were jealous of Paul’s effective preaching and suspicious of the Christian Way. In their fear and jealousy, they appeal to Gallio, a Roman official, complaining that Paul stirred up the people to worship God contrary to the…
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Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s readings Today’s first reading always fascinates me. Paul and Silas are in a terrible situation, not for the first or last time, I might add. But just look at how their vibrant faith allows God to do things in and through them that are nothing short of miraculous. First, there’s the earthquake that brings…
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The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Today’s readings Yesterday, we had the last of our four first Holy Communion Masses. What a wonderful thing to celebrate! In my homily, my very first line was perhaps the most important message I can ever deliver as a preacher: “God loves you!” It’s interesting to me that some of the first things we ever…
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Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Today’s readings Today we celebrate the feast of Saints Philip and James, who were in the group of Jesus’ apostles. They traveled with him and heard his words and saw his miracles and the way that he treated people. They were among the first to go out and live the Gospel, and were among the…
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Saint Athanasius and the Blessed Virgin
Mass for the Council of Catholic Women May Crowning Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Athanasius, a bishop of the third century and a Doctor of the Church. He was a dedicated defender of the faith against heresy, and is especially known for defending the divinity of Our Lord. We have Saint Athanasius to…
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Saint Athanasius, Bishop and 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…
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The Litany of Humility
The litany of humility has been bouncing around in my spirit lately, and I know better than to ignore that. Usually when that kind of thing happens, it means God wants me to pay attention to something. I’ll wrestle with that a bit in prayer, but I also wanted to share it with you. This…
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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Today’s readings I’m always amazed by the fortitude of Saint Paul. He’s almost stoned to death and left, in fact, for dead, and he gets up and enters the city like nothing was wrong. I don’t know about you, but if I barely weathered the storm of people throwing rocks at me and leaving me…
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