The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings I don’t know about you, but I feel like today’s Liturgy of the Word starts off by giving us all a slap in the face. And it’s needed. How many of us judge others without even getting to … Continued
The Fourth Sunday of Lent – Scrutiny II (Cycle A Readings)
Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy is all about vision and sight and light and darkness. All of these, dear friends, are things that many of us certainly take for granted. Think about it: we don’t appreciate the gift of light until … Continued
The Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings An often told, and completely correct, preaching of today’s Gospel reading about the healing of Bartimeus’s blindness would say that this story isn’t about hisblindness at all. Yes, it tells of his physical blindness and healing by Jesus, … Continued
Friday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Angels are messengers that God sends sometimes to let us know his plans for us, or to guard and guide us, or even to help us to see what’s really important. And it’s that last thing that the … Continued
Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Master, I want to see.” As you might have guessed, today’s Gospel story isn’t about healing a blind man. Yes, that’s what happened in the story, and it was significant, but that’s not the real essence of the … Continued
St. Boniface
Today’s readings Boniface was a Benedictine monk in England. He gave up the real possibility of being elected abbot of his community in order to reach out to the German people. Pope Gregory II sent Boniface to a Germany where … Continued
Tuesday of the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today Tobit finds out that charity begins at home. All his noble deeds of burying the dead are worth nothing if he does not know how to honor the living who are with him. The blindness he develops … Continued
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings [These readings were used for the Mass of the Second Scrutiny.] When Dad was alive, we pretty much couldn’t go anywhere with him and not have him find someone there that he knew. He’d been a softball coach … Continued
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