“For the love of Christ impels us…” (2 Cor. 5:14) | father.mulcahy.net
Today’s readings Think about it. God comes to you in a dream and says that you can have anything you want—just one thing, though. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What would you ask for? What is that one thing you’d give … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus is a feast of siblings, which is unique and compelling. It’s a wonderful reminder of how family should be: united in faith, and bringing each other to Christ. The story … Continued
Today’s readings Maybe you remember memorizing the Ten Commandments as a child. I do. I sometimes think that memorizing things is a lost art. Certainly memorizing things like the Ten Commandments doesn’t happen as much as it used to, and … Continued
Today’s readings During the summer before my final year of seminary, I worked as a hospital chaplain. It ended up being a pretty rough summer for me and the other men and women in the student chaplain group: we had … Continued
Today’s readings I’m not a person who has a green thumb. When I was growing up, we had a family garden, but I wasn’t the greatest at making it happen. I’d pull the weeds and stuff, and even try to … Continued
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 to a Christian Algonquin woman. Her parents died in a smallpox epidemic – which left Kateri herself disfigured and half blind – when she was just four years old. She went to live … Continued
Today’s readings The spiritual life, almost by definition, isn’t easy. Today’s first reading proves it. As the reading begins, Jacob wrestles with “some man,” who turns out to be God himself. They tussle all day long and finally declare a … Continued
Today’s readings You are not in the flesh;on the contrary, you are in the spirit… Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans is really a masterpiece of Christian doctrine and discipleship. If you haven’t read it in a while, or ever, … Continued
Today’s readings God wants to heal us from the inside out. Which is why Jesus says to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.” It would have been easy for Jesus to snap his fingers and heal the man’s … Continued
Today’s readings There’s a hymn that we sing often called “All are Welcome.” It’s been around for a while and is somewhat of a “moldy oldy.” That’s because I think we like to say we are welcoming, but sometimes it’s … Continued
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