Labor Day
Today’s readings: Genesis 1:26-2:3 | Psalm 90 | 1 Thessalonians 4:1b-2, 9-12 | Matthew 6:31-34 One of the things that I remember vividly about my childhood is how hard my parents worked. My Dad worked more than one job at … Continued
The Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Jesus’ ministry on earth was all about healing. Indeed, that’s what he came to do: to heal us, set things right, from the inside out, so that we would be able to enter the Kingdom. In today’s gospel, he heals … Continued
The Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings So often, when someone thanks us for something, we might say, “It’s the least I could do.” As if it were some kind of badge of achievement to do the least thing possible. I think it’s human nature … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings When I was little, I often remember my grandmother saying “thank God for small favors!” Now that’s a holy and pious thought, and I’ll have you know my grandmother was certainly holy and pious. But when she said … Continued
Monday of the Twenty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What is truly holy? What makes a thing or a person holy? Or, more precisely, who does those things? Well, God, of course. Today’s gospel has Jesus taking the Scribes and Pharisees to task for forgetting what is … Continued
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Friday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time [Mass of the Holy Spirit]
Today’s readings (Mass for the school children.) I can’t think of any better way to celebrate the beginning of the school year than by giving a teacher a pop quiz! You can all relax: I’m not really going to do that. But … Continued
Thursday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I’m not going to sugar-coat this: the truth is that the story we have in our first reading is a horrible story. Why on earth would we worship a God who accept such a vow from Jephthah (or … Continued
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reading follows picks up where yesterday’s reading left off. As you remember, the rich young man went away sad, not knowing how he could attain eternal life, because he had many possessions. Today, Jesus explains to his disciples … Continued
The Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Bread of Life Discourse III
Today’s readings You may have heard of Viaticum, which we generally think of as one’s last Communion. Indeed, the Church encourages us by precept of the Church to receive Holy Communion in our last moments, if at all possible. The … Continued
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In our first reading this morning, we have more of the murmuring of the Israelites as they make their way out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. This time, they hold a council against Moses and … Continued
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