Sometimes He Calms the Storm
This is the song I refer to in this weekend’s homily. Scott Krippayne, “Sometimes He Calms the Storm.” You can get it on Amazon.com or iTunes.
Thursday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I think it’s good to have this Gospel reading about the Lord’s prayer in today’s Liturgy of the Word. So often with familiar prayers like this, we can say them so automatically that we can get to the … Continued
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel is one that’s certainly very familiar to us. But if we’re honest, every time we hear it, it must give us a little bit of uneasiness, right? Because, yes, it is very easy to love those … Continued
Tuesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings As many of you know, I enjoy cooking. And so our Gospel reading’s reference to seasoning resonates with me quite a bit. Sometimes you can under-season a dish: when you’re cooking, if you don’t add seasoning as you … Continued
The Most Holy Trinity
Today’s readings Today’s feast has us gathered to celebrate one of the greatest mysteries of our faith, the Most Holy Trinity. Today we celebrate our one God in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. You have probably heard me … Continued
Tuesday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today Tobit finds out that charity begins at home. All his noble deeds of burying the dead are worth nothing if he does not know how to honor the living who are with him. The blindness he develops … Continued
The Solemnity of Pentecost
Today’s readings Come, Holy Spirit, come! And from your celestial home Shed a ray of light divine! I have come to discover about myself that I am not real good at languages. I took a couple of years of French … Continued
Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today’s readings One of the greatest obstacles to the Christian life is comparing ourselves to others. Because, and I’ll just say it, discipleship isn’t meant to be fair. At least not as we see fairness. The essence of discipleship is … Continued
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today’s readings A lack of unity will kill us all. Jesus knew this, and so did St. Paul. In fact, St. Paul used a lack of unity among the Jews to save his own life. He knew that the Pharisees, … Continued
The Ascension of the Lord
Today’s readings For some reason, whenever I’m in the car with my mother, taking her wherever it is we need to go, we seem to get all the red lights. After we stop for a dozen of them or so, … Continued
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