Lent Penance Service
Today’s Gospel: John 3:14-21 The only thing God wants to do is to forgive sinners. Period. That’s what our Gospel reading tells us very plainly today: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that … Continued
Fourth Sunday of Lent [C]
Today’s readings At the heart of it, Lent is about two things. First, it’s about baptism. That’s what the participants in our RCIA program are reflecting on these days, and two of them are preparing to be baptized at our … Continued
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
Today’s readings How many people have we condemned to prison? I mean this, of course, in a figurative way: how many have we condemned to the prison of our disfavor because of past hurts that we refuse to forget? Forgiveness … Continued
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Today’s readings So in today’s first reading, Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers. What a foreshadowing this is, isn’t it? It certainly foreshadows Israel’s slavery in Egypt that led to the Exodus, but it also foreshadows the selling … Continued
Monday of the Second Week of Lent
Today’s readings Aren’t the Lenten readings challenging? But this is what it means to be a disciple. We have to be willing to have our whole world turned upside-down; to do something completely against our nature; to let God take … Continued
Saturday of the First Week of Lent
Today’s readings Well, how far are we supposed to take that? Love our enemies? Pray for those who persecute us? I mean, that’s real easy to hear until we actually think about it, isn’t it? Those people who gossip about … Continued
Advent Penance Service
I know a lot of people who get depressed this time of year. Probably you do too. Many people are missing loved ones who are far away from home, or who have passed away. Some of my friends have a … Continued
Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Simon the Pharisee had committed a grave error in hospitality, and a serious error in judgment. In those days, when a guest came to your home, you made sure to provide water for him or her to wash … Continued
Saturday of the Twenty-third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I think the readings from St. Paul’s letter to Timothy the last couple of days have been so wonderfully challenging. Today, in our first reading, he admits his sinfulness, relying on God to save him: he says, “Christ … Continued
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Healing is a wonderful thing, and it is perhaps the greatest consolation we receive as believers in Christ. But healing isn’t just for us. Just as Simon’s mother-in-law got up from her fever, having been healed by the … Continued
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