“For the love of Christ impels us…” (2 Cor. 5:14) | father.mulcahy.net
Today’s readings You may have heard the saying, as I have, that “If you want to hear God laugh, just tell him your plans.” It’s so easy for us in our arrogance to think we have everything all figured out. … Continued
Today’s readings When I was in high school, I went on our youth group’s senior retreat. On that retreat each of us seniors was given a paperback New Testament in which a verse had been highlighted. They were given out … Continued
Today’s readings Back when I was selling computers, they always taught us that one of the first good rules of sales was never to ask a question to which you didn’t already know the answer. I think teachers get taught … Continued
Today's readings “Can you drink the chalice of which I am going to drink?” What does that even mean for us? We know what Jesus’ chalice was like: it led him through sorrow, and abandonment, and ultimately to the cross. … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] So Jesus goes over to Matthew, who, at that time, was anything but a saint. He was sitting at the customs post, collecting the required taxes. He was a Jew acting as a representative of the Roman … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] When I read St. Paul’s message to Timothy in our first reading last night, I resonated with the spirit of his message. St. Paul reminds Timothy of his calling and of the authority that was given him … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] Sometimes we get an idea and it seems well, a little uncomfortable. We may well have had a call or even a gentle moving from the Lord, and are afraid to act on it. Today’s Scriptures … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] Can you imagine what was going through the disicples’ minds as they stood there watching the Ascension of the Lord? Think about all that they’ve been through. Three years following this Jesus whose words were compelling … Continued
Today's readings | Today's saints [display_podcast] Today is the feast of St. Philip and the man we call “St. James the Lesser” because he is not the St. James that we know as a relative of Jesus and the traditional … Continued
Today's readings [display_podcast] As we have gathered these last several weeks to continue our celebration of Easter, maybe you noticed that we have always had a reading from the Acts of the Apostles as our first reading. In these readings, … Continued
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