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The Nativity of the Lord – Vigil Mass (Saint Joseph’s Story)
Today’s readings Once, a very long time ago, there was a man named Joseph. He was a well-respected and hard-working man, from the family of the great king David. But Joseph himself was not a great king. No, he was a humble man, a carpenter, who worked hard and loved God. Joseph was to be married to a…
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Today’s readings Do you remember the best gift you ever got? What was it? Who gave it to you? How long did it last? Do you still have it? Every gift is a little different: some are big, some are small, some make a lasting impact, some are used up and soon forgotten. The best gifts, I think, are those…
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O Wisdom
Today’s readings Mass for the school children. Did you hear that? That was quite a list of names, wasn’t it? It always strikes me that this list of characters, which is basically the human family tree of our Lord, is so much like any of our families’ history. This is a list of forty-two generations…
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Tuesday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings One of the television shows that I like to watch sometimes is called “Chopped” on the Food Network. If you’ve ever watched the Food Network, you’ve probably seen it because they seem to run it about 18 hours out of the day. On this show, they start with four chefs, and they give them a…
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Tuesday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings One of the television shows that I like to watch sometimes is called “Chopped” on the Food Network. If you’ve ever watched the Food Network, you’ve probably seen it because they seem to run it about 18 hours out of the day. On this show, they start with four chefs, and they give them a…
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The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Prevenient Grace
Today’s readings I love that the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated during the season of Advent. Advent is a season of anticipation: God’s promises echo through the Old Testament, and in these Advent days, we see those promises coming to fruition in exciting and world-changing ways. Today’s feast is a glorious glimpse of…
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The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today’s readingsSchool Mass I think we’re so blessed that we get to come to church and celebrate so many of Mary’s feasts. Today is a very special feast because Mary, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, is the patroness of the United States of America, and also the patroness of our parish, and so she is…
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The Second Sunday of Advent: Be Reconciled
Today’s readings This week, I looked back in my homilies to the one I did a few years ago on this Sunday, and I had to chuckle just a little bit. I talked about the fact that it’s hard to listen to the news in those days. Ha! There was sure some sadness in those days: unrest in…
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Thursday of the Thirty-third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Our worshipping in these last days of the Church year is often difficult, I think, because these readings are just hard to hear. The readings from Revelation this week have been confusing, to say the least, and maybe even a little frightening. And even if we could ignore the fright of the Revelation, well the…
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The Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I’ve often heard stories of those who grew up in the great depression. Many years later, they still had deeply engrained in them the scrupulous care for everything they have that was etched into their very being during that horrible time in our history. They spent a lifetime wasting nothing, which was a good thing,…
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