Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s readings When it comes right down to it, we have a choice. We can choose life or death, blessing or curse, the way of the Cross or the way of the world. The choice that we make has huge … Continued
Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings During the summer before my final year of seminary, I worked as a hospital chaplain, in a program called Clinical Pastoral Education. Most seminarians are required to do it. It ended up being a pretty rough summer for … Continued
Thanksgiving Day: People of Eucharist
Today’s readings Several years ago now, my sister emailed me pictures of a storybook that my niece, Molly, wrote for a second grade school project. It was a story about an unnamed boy and girl – but we might as … Continued
Monday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings A story is told about the third-century martyr Saint Lawrence that, after the death of Pope Sixtus II, the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence, who was the keeper of the material goods of the Church, turn over … Continued
Monday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What I think the folks in our first reading need to learn – and maybe us too – is that the spiritual life is always about the big picture. The Israelites in today’s reading have completely rejected the … Continued
Monday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Sometimes God’s blessings can be challenging. For example, we might not think that those who are meek and those who mourn are blessed. And we certainly wouldn’t celebrate the blessings of those who are persecuted for the sake … Continued
The Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Listen to that opening line from Jesus in today’s Gospel parable: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.” That is a revelation so glorious that it should … Continued
Monday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time
Sometimes God’s blessings can be challenging. For example, we might not think that those who are meek and those who mourn are blessed. And we certainly wouldn’t celebrate the blessings of those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, … Continued
Monday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What I think the folks in our first reading need to learn – and maybe us too – is that the spiritual life is always about the big picture. The Israelites in today’s reading have completely rejected the … Continued
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We’ve just had this Gospel reading in the Sunday readings in the last couple of weeks, so I thought I’d touch on a few verses that I didn’t go into in that homily. And these are some of … Continued
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