“For the love of Christ impels us…” (2 Cor. 5:14) | father.mulcahy.net
Today’s readings I don’t know if you were counting or not, but between the second reading and the Gospel, the word “love” was used in one form or another eighteen times. So it’s pretty easy to see where the Church … Continued
Today’s readings What would you give up for love? Today’s first reading puts poor Abraham in an awful position. Remember, he and Sarah were childless well into their old age. And it is only upon entering into relationship with God … Continued
Today’s readings Today I think our Scriptures call us to get love right. Love is an important thing for Christians because we know that God is love, and that we are called to love. But what we sometimes define love … Continued
Today’s readings In the summer of my first year of seminary, the diocese sent me to Mexico to learn Spanish. This time next week, I’ll be wishing that worked a lot better than it did! I have forgotten, unfortunately, a … Continued
Today’s readings There’s a little Christian Science church in the town where I grew up, on Main Street, just north of the downtown area. They don’t anymore, but they used to list their upcoming sermon topic, followed by the line … Continued
Today’s readings If you’ve ever been to one of our school Masses here at Notre Dame, you know that I’m almost always telling the children that God loves them. I feel like that might be the most important thing we … Continued
Today’s readings “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” That would be, the most reassuring thing we could hear from our Lord! To know that you’re on the right track — that your thoughts and heart’s desires are … Continued
Today’s readings God never forgets how much he loves us. If this weren’t so, I don’t think any of us would be in existence. God loves us into life and loves us through our life and one day, if we … Continued
Today’s readings I love it when engaged couples pick this reading for their weddings. Not just because it’s sentimental, all talking about love and everything. I like it because of the way it talks about love. Because it would be … Continued
Today’s readings One of the most exciting lines in today’s Liturgy of the Word comes in the second reading: “The One who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’” The book of Revelation is all about … Continued
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