Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s readings When it comes right down to it, we have a choice. We can choose life or death, blessing or curse, the way of the Cross or the way of the world. The choice that we make has huge … Continued
Ash Wednesday
Today’s readings Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. Today we begin something really important. And I don’t mean just the smudging of our foreheads with the ashes of burnt palms. That’s just an … Continued
Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord
Today’s readings I think if we had to sum up the Liturgy today with a contemporary quip, it might be, “Well, that escalated quickly!” In the first Gospel we heard, during the blessing of the palms, Jesus triumphantly enters into Jerusalem … Continued
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readingsMass for the school children. Sometimes it seems like everyone is against us. Maybe you’ve felt that way sometimes. Maybe someone was telling lies about you and trying to get others to work against you, or maybe they were … Continued
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readings “When you lift up the Son of Man,then you will realize that I AM…” Today’s Liturgy of the Word is an exposition of being lifted up. In the first reading, Moses lifted up an image of a saraph … Continued
The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)
Today’s readings Traditionally, today is Laetare Sunday – laetare being the Latin word for “rejoice.” On this Sunday, we wear rose-colored vestments, rather than the Lenten violet. Laetare Sunday reminds us that even in the “heaviness” of Lent, there is reason for rejoicing. And today’s readings … Continued
The Third Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings Most of us have probably experienced at least one time in our lives when it seemed like our whole world was turned upside-down. If not, we certainly will. It might be the loss of a job, or the … Continued
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Today’s readings I’m going to say something that is probably going to make you think I’ve lost my mind. And that is that the great sin of the rich man was not the sin of neglecting poor Lazarus. Sure, that … Continued
The Second Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings What would you give up for love? That’s the question I want us to focus on today because I think it is, perhaps, the question of the spiritual life. What is it that we are willing to give … Continued
Thursday of the First Week of Lent
Today’s readings If we take one thought out of Lent, it should be this: we need a Savior. Even before Jesus’ time, Esther knew this. Esther’s adoptive father Mordecai was a deeply religious man. His devotion incurred the wrath of … Continued
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