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Monday of the Thirty-second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Increase our faith,” indeed! How often have you had that same reaction to the marvels of God happening in your life? I think about the many times I have had the Spirit point out something I should have seen all along because it was right there in front of my face. Increase my…
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Remembrance Mass for All the Faithful Departed
One of my early childhood memories, and my first memory, really, of grief, was the death of my grandfather, my mother’s father. He had recently retired when he became ill, and it was found that he had cancer. Back in the late 70s, cancer was even more of a death sentence than it is today, and he…
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Saturday of the Thirty-First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “The love of money is the root of all evil.” “Money can’t buy happiness.” We have all sorts of proverbs that aim to keep us at right relationship not just with our financial resources, but really with all the many gifts that we have. Today’s Liturgy of the Word gives us some humble…
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The Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings When I was in seminary, I had a Scripture professor who, when someone would make an insightful comment or answer a question correctly, would exclaim, quoting Jesus in today’s Gospel reading, “You are not far from the kingdom of God!” That comment, made to the scribe at the end of the reading, is…
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Friday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It could have been jealousy. Or maybe they just felt threatened. Either way, the Pharisees had lost sight of the mission. You could see how they would have been jealous: here they are working long and hard to take care of the many prescripts of their religion, attending with exacting detail to the…
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Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Today’s readings There’s a great scene in one of my favorite movies, “The Princess Bride,” when Vizzini and Inigo Montoya are sword fighting, and Vizzini keeps using the word “inconceivable.” After a while, Inigo says, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Well, today we celebrate the feast of…
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Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Fall is a season where we really see a lot of change, especially in our region. Leaves are changing, the air is getting cooler, the hours of sunlight are rapidly diminishing. It makes us grateful for the bits of life that we still see, because we know that the winter is coming and…
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The Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings At the heart of today’s Gospel reading is the question of whether we as disciples of Jesus are willing to go where he’s leading us. Much could be said about the posturing of James and John to get the good seats in the kingdom. But as Jesus tells them, they didn’t even know what they…
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Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa of Jesus), Virgin, Mystic, and Doctor of the Church
Mass for the school children. Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Teresa of Avila, also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus. Saint Teresa was a mystic, one who had deep experiences of prayer that enabled her to have visions. She was known to have a very deep relationship with Jesus. She once wrote, “We need no wings…
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Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It certainly seems like Jesus was being a little harsh with the people in today’s Gospel reading. They weren’t even alive, most likely, when the prophets were killed. But the prophets were, indeed, killed by their ancestors, and now they are building memorials to those prophets, while still ignoring the prophets’ message. And…
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