“For the love of Christ impels us…” (2 Cor. 5:14) | father.mulcahy.net
Today’s readings God never forgets how much he loves us. If this weren’t so, none of us would be in existence. God loves us into life and loves us through our life and one day, if we let him, will love us … Continued
Today’s readings In every age of the world, people have needed hope. Because in every age of the world, there has been unbelievable hardship. There has always been war, and disease, and poverty, and oppression, and alienation, and all the rest. There has … Continued
Today’s readings I once heard it said that you’re only a child once, but you can be childish your whole life long! I don’t think that Jesus wants us to be childish today, but certainly he is calling us to be … Continued
Today’s readings Wow. If ever there was a frightening Gospel reading, I think we just heard it! All this talk about beating the menservants and the maidservants, and the hope of being beaten “only lightly.” Yikes. Even the whole notion of the Son of … Continued
On a journey through France with his bishop, St. Dominic came across people who espoused the Albigensian heresy. The Albigensians believed in just good and evil – there was no middle ground. For them, anything material was evil, which meant … Continued
Today’s readings This feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord can be a puzzling one for us to understand. It’s an event we’ve heard about in Gospel readings, but it’s not something that we’ve ever seen. So it’s hard, I think, for … Continued
Today’s readings You know, it doesn’t take too much thinking to see that our culture is way off base. I saw a post on social media this week about the “do what makes you happy” aspect of our culture, and how … Continued
Today’s readings What kinds of mighty deeds is the Lord Jesus trying to do in our own lives? Is he finding success there, or have we put up obstacles through our own lack of faith? Today we celebrate a Votive … Continued
Today’s readings I think we get a more vivid picture of today’s Gospel if we’ve ever had the task of weeding a good-sized garden. I’ve done it plenty of times. It’s not a task I really enjoy, but it is kind … Continued
Today’s readings Along with her sister Mary, and brother Lazarus, Saint Martha was a personal friend of Jesus. We have all heard the story about Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet while Martha did all the cooking and serving. Martha quite … Continued
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