Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 1; has always been one of my very favorite psalms. One interpretation of this Psalm is to look at it as a blueprint for blessedness. In Biblical terms, of course, blessedness equals happiness. So the person … Continued
The Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings When a couple comes to me for marriage, one of the things I have them do is to write me letters, individually, asking to be married. I ask them to reflect on their relationship and to say something … Continued
Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time/Make a Difference Day
Today’s readings Anything worthwhile costs us something, most especially our faith. If we are serious about it, if we love God and want to be caught up in his life, we’re going to have to pay for it in some … Continued
Mass for Peace and Justice
Mass for the school children.Today’s Readings: Isaiah 9:1-6 | Psalm 72 | Philippians 4:6-9 | Matthew 5: 1-12 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” That’s a wonderful promise that Jesus makes in today’s Gospel … Continued
Homily for the Holy Hour for Peace in the Holy Land
We have come together tonight to pray for peace. And it’s good that we do that. We echo in our hearts tonight the sentiment of Our Lord who offered us peace, as we just heard, during the Last Supper, just … Continued
The Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I love it when the Gospel has a curious story in it because it’s fun then to peel back the layers of the story, kind of like an onion, and get at what’s inside. Today’s Gospel story is … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The Divine Liturgist today is inviting us to find our hope in God, and inviting us to turn over our lives to God in hopeful anticipation that God will answer our needs. Sometimes I wonder how willing we … Continued
Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Try as we might for perfection in our journey of faith, we stumble and fall sometimes. That’s just the way it is in this fallen world. But that being the case, we have in our Liturgy of the … Continued
The Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: Respect Life
Today’s readings Since this is Respect Life Month, I want to spend some time reflecting on the gift of life and how we should revere it. I begin this reflection with these beautiful words from today’s second reading: “Whatever is … Continued
Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Pride and presumption are insidious sins. They make any kind of grace impossible, for they even deny that grace is needed or wanted. If we have no need of a Savior, then no relationship with God is even … Continued
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