Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Today’s readings This feels like a little bit of deja-vu for me, because I just did a video lesson on holy water for the school kids yesterday. Water is so important to us, and we see a lot of water in … Continued
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Today’s readings This feels like a little bit of deja-vu for me, because I just did a video lesson on holy water for the school kids yesterday. Water is so important to us, and we see a lot of water in … Continued
Today’s readings I think we have to be a little bit careful about how we read and hear today’s readings. We’re still in the Christmas season – at the end of it, actually – and, more precisely, we’re at the octave … Continued
Today’s readings “You shall be my people, and I will be your God” (Ezekiel 36:28). I love that last line from the last of the Old Testament readings we heard tonight. There is a covenant, there has always been a covenant, there … Continued
Today’s readings “Lord, by now there will be a stench.” That’s one of my favorite lines in scripture. It begs the question I want you to pray about this week, which is this: “What in your life really stinks?” Because we have … Continued
Today’s readings There’s a lot of talk about water in these readings today, and when that happens, we know that it means the talk is really about baptism. We ourselves are the sick and lame man who needed Jesus’ help … Continued
Today’s readings Note: This homily was for the Mass at which the RCIA Elect were present for the First Scrutiny, so particular readings are used for that. What is it going to take to quench the thirst that you have … Continued
Today’s readings Today, we celebrate a feast that is commemorated in the first Luminous Mystery of the Rosary. The Luminous Mysteries were popularized by Saint John Paul II, and illustrate the various ways that Christ’s nature and the purpose of his … Continued
Today’s readings This morning’s Gospel parable is admittedly a bit of a head scratcher. It almost seems to portray our God in a rather unfavorable light, comparing him to a capricious king who destroys whole cities after being snubbed by … Continued
Today’s readings There’s a lot of talk about water in these readings today, and when that happens, we know that it means the talk is really about baptism. We ourselves are the sick and lame man who needed Jesus’ help … Continued
Today’s readings The readings in these Christmas days find us unpacking the gift we have been given. Now that we realize Christ incarnate among us, what does it mean? Why did he come? What has changed? Today’s first reading from … Continued
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