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Tuesday of Holy Week
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reading always leaves me with a chill running down my spine. Those four words: “And it was night” grab me every time. These are the words that come just after Judas takes the morsel and leaves the gathering. But let’s be clear: the evangelist didn’t include those words to tell us what time it…
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Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Today’s readings And so it begins. We who have been keeping Lent these forty days are coming to Lent’s fulfillment. We know it’s been a most interesting and, well, different Lent. I mean, that’s about the best we can say of it, right? I keep thinking back to Ash Wednesday with the throngs of crowds who came in and out of…
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Holy Hour: Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Reading: Matthew 14:22-33 Why did you doubt? This is one of those Saint Peter stories in the Gospel that sometimes causes preachers to give Saint Peter a hard time about his “little faith.” I think Saint Peter displayed great faith here, although with an admittedly somewhat-rocky execution. And I think this wonderful little story – one of…
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Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readings I love the readings we have today! Susanna’s story is one of the most eloquent in the Old Testament Scriptures: in it we see the wisdom of the prophet Daniel, as well as the mercy and justice of God. This story is certainly echoed in our Gospel reading about the acquittal of the woman caught…
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The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings This illness is not to end in death,but is for the glory of God,that the Son of God may be glorified through it. As I’ve been praying during this COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been struck by two things. First is that God, who never sets in motion the evil that happens to us (including this…
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Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Today’s readings This homily was for the school children. I recorded a Liturgy of the Word for them to see during the time when they’d usually have a school Mass, but can’t now because of COVID-19. When I was a young person – many years ago now! – in my town, it mattered where you…
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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Today’s readings This feels like a little bit of deja-vu for me, because I just did a video lesson on holy water for the school kids yesterday. Water is so important to us, and we see a lot of water in these readings. Water refreshes us, sustains us, cleans us. And people are saying that drinking water, if…
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Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Today’s readings “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” That would be, I think, the most reassuring thing we could hear from our Lord! To know that you’re on the right track — that your thoughts and heart’s desires are in line with God’s will — that would be a wonderful thing to…
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Saint Joseph
Today’s readings What a time to be alive, right? I mean, who among us ever expected anything like this, or would have chosen to walk down this sad path? Who would choose quarantine or social distancing? But here we are. And we know, in our heart of hearts, that it’s not an accident. God put…
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The Third Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings This Mass was streamed live on Facebook in lieu of people attending Mass in person, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Is the LORD in our midst or not? I remember a time a while back when I got the flu – bad. It was one of those rare occasions when I was so sick,…
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