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Friday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings This whole story about Tobit contracting cataracts because of bird droppings falling in his eyes while he was napping, which we heard about on Tuesday, and then being cured by fish gall in today’s first reading is objectively gross and medically suspect. But this story isn’t from a medical textbook, it’s from Holy…
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Thursday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Love is very definitely the theme of today’s Liturgy of the Word. This week we have been hearing readings from the book of Tobit, in which we have the only Scriptural appearance of Saint Raphael the archangel. And today we hear about him entering the story, in the guise of the person of…
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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Today’s readings There’s a little Christian Science church in the town where I grew up. They have since moved, but they used to be on Main Street, just north of the downtown area. Their sign used to list their upcoming sermon topic, followed by the line “All are welcome.” Imagine my surprise when one day,…
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Friday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Jesus is always seeking to make things new. When he came into the world, he didn’t come into the world to keep things the way they were. He intended to cast out sin and its effects on people, and to call people back to true and authentic worship, and a real relationship with…
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Tuesday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In this section of the Gospel, Jesus is taking the time to set things right about what it means to be rich and famous. If yesterday had not been the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, we would have had the Gospel reading about the rich young man. As you might remember…
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Mary, Mother of the Church / Memorial Day
Today’s readings This morning’s celebration has us gathering to celebrate two important moments. The first is the Church’s celebration of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, and the second, of course, is our nation’s remembrance of Memorial Day. The Church celebrates the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, each year on the…
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The Solemnity of Pentecost
Today’s readings As the pastor of Saint Mary’s, I am grateful to Bishop Hicks for his leadership on this important issue of the protection of children and vulnerable adults. I think a lot of us are almost weary of hearing about this, but as Bishop points out, an institutional sin like this can’t ever be…
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Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today’s readings A lack of unity will kill us all. Jesus knew this, and so did St. Paul. In fact, St. Paul used a lack of unity among the Jews to save his own life. He knew that the Pharisees, of which he was one, believed in the resurrection of the dead, and angels and…
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Graduation Mass
Sometimes when we come to major moments in our lives, there is this crazy though that comes to us – what do I do now? It’s kind of like, I’ve looked forward to this moment for so long, even though I know the next step, I don’t know how to be me in that next…
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Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy of the Word represents a kind of wrap-up to the lives of St. Paul and Jesus, respectively. They both have completed the mission for which they had been sent, and both are now giving the mission back to God who would continue it as He alone saw fit. Paul’s mission had…
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