The Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I have good news for you, and I want you to drill it into your very soul. I want you to take it with you all through the coming week and beyond. I want you to share it … Continued
Friday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It amazes me when I think about all that the early Church had to go through and put up with. Saint Paul writes that he put up with persecution from all sides: from his own people as well … 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
The Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Think back. When you were growing up, in your faith formation, did you get the idea that somehow you had to behave yourself in order to win God’s love and grace? I think that’s a common thing that … Continued
Thursday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It’s always scary when Jesus starts out saying “you have heard it said that…” because he always follows up with “but what I say to you is this…” What he is doing here, though, is freeing us from … Continued
Saturday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings A king’s secret it is prudent to keep,but the works of God are to be made known with due honor. Today we hear the end of the story we have been reflecting on all week. Tobit and Tobiah’s … Continued
Friday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings This whole story about Tobit contracting cataracts because of bird droppings falling in his eyes while he was napping, which we heard about on Tuesday, and then being cured by fish gall in today’s first reading is objectively … Continued
Thursday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Love is very definitely the theme of today’s Liturgy of the Word. This week we have been hearing readings from the book of Tobit, in which we have the only Scriptural appearance of Saint Raphael the archangel. And … Continued
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Today’s readings There’s a little Christian Science church in the town where I grew up. They have since moved, but they used to be on Main Street, just north of the downtown area. Their sign used to list their upcoming … Continued
Friday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Jesus is always seeking to make things new. When he came into the world, he didn’t come into the world to keep things the way they were. He intended to cast out sin and its effects on people, … Continued
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