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Saturday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Faith is that moment in our walk with the Lord when we have to put our money where our mouth is. Faith says that we believe that Jesus is who he says he is, and that who he says he is has a profound impact on our life. It’s easy to have faith…
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The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Repentance, friends, is a highly underrated activity. I remember back in 2012, just after we started using the new translation of the Roman Missal, on Ash Wednesday, I was giving folks their ashes. As I usually do, I used both of the little instructions as I gave the ashes. One of them says this: “Repent,…
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Thursday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings My eldest niece is going to graduate from college this year; I can’t believe how time has flown. But back when she was little, she knew how to wrap Uncle Patrick around her little finger. I remember one time when we were out at the mall – you know, back when we could…
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The Baptism of Our Lord
Today’s readings Sadly, friends, today is the last day of the Christmas Season. Now, the rest of society may have tossed out the Christmas trees over a week ago, and taken down the festive decorations, but not us. What a wonderful gift we have as Catholics to celebrate the birth of our Lord for an extended period…
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Friday after Epiphany
Today’s readingsThis was for the school children. How many of you have already taken down your Christmas decorations? I think probably a lot of people have done that. Probably if you go to some of the stores, you’ll see Valentine’s day decorations and candy for sale. In our world, we always want to move on to the next…
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The Epiphany of the Lord
Today’s readings See, darkness covers the earth,and thick clouds cover the peoples. Barbara had a real problem dealing with Christmas this year. The bright lights and the festive decorations were all reminders to her of the joy she should feel this time of year, but could not bring herself to actually experience. Whenever she had a quiet…
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The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Vigil Mass)
Today’s readings Sometimes we get an awful lot of information to process. On this, the last evening of the auspicious year of 2020, there’s a lot I could say about all that we’ve been through, more or less together (although certainly socially distanced) this year. So much of our attention has been, deservedly, focused on the COVID-19…
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The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas (Saint Thomas Becket)
Today’s readings The birth of Christ in our world ought to mean something to us: the birth of Christ ought to mean a change in our attitudes and our behaviors and even in the course of our lives. Today is a commemoration of Saint Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury who ultimately lost his life…
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The Nativity of the Lord – Mass During the Night & Mass During the Day
Today’s readings We settle for mediocrity way too easily sometimes, I think. In some ways, I think, it just seems easier. But in accepting mediocrity, we miss out on the greatness for which our God created us. All of the “stuff” that we have to have or get to give at this time of year is an example…
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