The Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I love this image of seeds growing for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s summer, and we are seeing things grow all around us. We hope the corn will be knee high by the Fourth of … Continued
The Ascension of the Lord
Today’s readings Have you ever been at a loss for words? Have you been in a situation that was so astounding that you were just … speechless? Hopefully it was for something astoundingly wonderful, as for the apostles as their … Continued
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readingsMass for the school children. Have you ever thought that everyone in the whole world was against you? Sometimes it seems that way, for sure. We all go through times like that. Of course, it’s not true; there are … Continued
The Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What are you looking for? That’s the question Jesus asks us today, and it’s a good one. For the disciples who were checking him out, I think it took them aback somewhat. They weren’t expecting that and they … 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
Friday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It amazes me when I think about all that the early Church had to go through and put up with. Saint Paul writes that he put up with persecution from all sides: from his own people as well … Continued
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel is one that’s certainly very familiar to us. But if we’re honest, every time we hear it, it must give us a little bit of uneasiness, right? Because, yes, it is very easy to love those … Continued
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Today’s readings In our first reading today, we have from the Acts of the Apostles a rather defining moment for the early Church. Jesus hadn’t given them a precise rule book of how to make the Church develop: he simply … Continued
Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week of Ordinary Time (Election Day)
Today’s readings Turn from evil and do good,that you may abide forever;The just shall possess the landand dwell in it forever. So says the Psalmist today, and I think these words are encouraging ones. Here we stand, finally, on election … Continued
The Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What if this life was all there was? I’m sure you know some people who think that. I’m not sure how people who think that can get out of bed in the morning, let alone keep on living … Continued
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