The First Sunday of Advent
Today’s readings We’ve gathered here today on the precipice of something new. Do you feel it? Do you come here with a sense of hope and expectation? Are you on the edge of your seat? Well, if not, I hope … Continued
Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Every now and then, in the Liturgy of the Word, we hear words that have directly influenced our prayers in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Today is such an occasion. Just before we receive Holy Communion, I will … Continued
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Today’s readings Today we celebrate the great feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King of the Universe. It’s one of those feasts that I think we can say, yeah, okay, I believe that. But it really doesn’t affect me. … Continued
Friday of the Twenty-second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We sure have some scary readings today, don’t we? They’re talking about floods, and fire and brimstone raining from the sky, and someone taken and another left behind. That’s pretty scary stuff when you stop to think about … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings One of the things that has helped me in my spiritual life is the knowledge that “we’re not home yet.” We can list all kinds of things, I’m sure, that remind us that this life in this world … Continued
Thursday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It’s all a matter of perspective – that’s true in most things, but most especially true in our relationship with God. Today’s Gospel gives us a glimpse at that. Jesus asks, “What man among you having a hundred … Continued
Monday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.” I believe that one of the goals of all our lives is to find true peace. And unfortunately, we spend time looking for that peace in too many of … Continued
The thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
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Today’s readings The very most important piece of the Gospel today comes right at the end, when Jesus says to the scribe: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” That’s actually a pretty remarkable thing for him to … Continued
Monday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Loose lips sink ships.” That’s a saying that I learned somewhere in my early elementary school life. I don’t think I fully understood what it meant at the time – all I appreciated was that it told me … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Tme
Today’s readings Some people would say that Jesus was a peaceful man. Saying that is really misunderstanding Jesus and who he was. Because peace wasn’t necessarily his primary interest, at least not peace in the way that we often see … Continued
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