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Cardinal George to Undergo Surgery for Bladder Cancer
Cardinal George to Undergo Surgery for Bladder Cancer "I ask my fellow priests, the religious, all Catholics in the Archdiocese and other friends and colleagues to pray for me. I trust that the Lord will give me the strength and grace I need during these next days and weeks." In some ways, this seems like…
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Ss. Joachim and Ann
Saint of the Day Joachim and Ann—whether these are their real names or not—represent that entire quiet series of generations who faithfully perform their duties, practice their faith and establish an atmosphere for the coming of the Messiah, but remain obscure. This feast of Joachim and Ann helps me to remember with great fondness…
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The Feast of St. James: We are called to be sacrament for the world
Today's readings "Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?" Yesterday, I attended the funeral of a family friend. He was just 37 years old, had six children; two of them with special needs. It was probably one of the longest funerals I had ever been to, and certainly one of the…
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: My Shepherd is the Lord
Today’s readings I don’t know how you feel about being compared to sheep without a shepherd, but I have to tell you, I’m not all that flattered by it! Yet there’s some painful truth to that statement, and some rather beautiful truth as well. Because we do need leaders, those who will walk before us…
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Christian Unity in the Office of Readings
From today's Office of Readings I was delighted to hear of your love of God, so well-ordered and devout, and so I decided to address you in the faith of Jesus Christ. Honoured as I am with a name of the greatest splendour, though I am still in chains I sing with the praises of…
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Friday of the 15th Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings Getting worship right isn't as easy as we make it out to be sometimes. Often we pay so much attention to picking the right songs, taking care of the art and environment, and the many other details. And these things are all very important and need to be done. But none of them…
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Thursday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings “Our souls are restless until they rest in you.” It was St. Augustine who said that, and I think those words are pretty timeless. I was listening to the radio in the car yesterday, and heard a little news report on the happiness of people who used all the latest technological gadgets. A…
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Great birthday!
How bad can a birthday be when: You get to start the day by presiding at Mass? The daily Mass crowd offers a prayer for you in the Prayers of the Faithful and sings “Happy Birthday” to you at the end? (Yeah, I know it’s not liturgical, but they were free to “go in peace”…
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Monday of the 15th Week of Ordinary Time: Upsetting our Apple Carts
Today's readings It seems to me that the readings this morning are pretty direct, aren't they? Isaiah makes it clear that if we pretend to worship God, no matter how beautiful our Liturgy may be, but forget about God as soon as we leave the parking lot, we might as well not worship at all.…
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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: It’s Not About Us
Today's readings One of my professors in seminary would often tell us that, because we had made a commitment to follow God's call, the devil would do everything possible to get us to change our mind. One of the devil's tricks would be to make us feel completely unworthy of the call, so much so…
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