“For the love of Christ impels us…” (2 Cor. 5:14) | father.mulcahy.net
Today’s ReadingsPope Francis’s “motu proprio” APERUIT ILLIS, instituting the Sunday of the Word of God About fifteen years ago now, my home parish put on a production of the musical Godspell, and somehow I found myself part of the cast. If you’ve … Continued
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 day after … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reminds me of a sound bite for the evening news. Taken out of context, Jesus is denying his family. And not only that, but Jesus now has “brothers,” so what happened to the doctrine of the … Continued
Today’s readings Some people say all you need to do is make a one-time decision to accept Jesus as your personal Savior and you’re saved. If salvation were something magical that came about as the result of just saying a … Continued
Today’s readings Being in the right place at the right time isn’t usually a coincidence. Far more often than we realize, I think it’s the work of the Holy Spirit. Certainly that has to be the case in today’s first … Continued
Today’s readings It is always interesting to me how clearly the unclean spirits know who Jesus is. For them, Christ our God inspires fear and rebellion. But even these unclean spirits, hearing his voice, begrudgingly obey. Jesus teaches with authority, … Continued
Today’s readings It seems like just yesterday that John the Baptist was baptizing Jesus in the Jordan River. Oh wait, it was just yesterday! But today’s reading fast forwards a bit and takes us to a time after John has … Continued
The Church gives us this wonderful feast of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, on this, the octave day of Christmas. In a very real way, the Church still celebrates this day as Christmas day – that’s one of the … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 1, has always been one of my very favorite psalms. One interpretation of this Psalm is to look at it as a blueprint for blessedness. In Biblical terms, of course, blessedness equals happiness. So … Continued
During the summer before my final year of seminary, I worked as a hospital chaplain. It ended up being a pretty rough summer for me and the other men and women in the student chaplain group: we had a record … Continued
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