The Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Today’s readings In my first priestly assignment, at Saint Raphael in Naperville, there was a huge football program for elementary school kids called Saint Raphael Football.  It was not just a team, but a league, and lots of surrounding churches had … Continued

Thursday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time

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Today’s readings Today’s Gospel calls us to examine our perspective. Jesus asks, “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until … Continued

Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time: Make a Difference Day

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Today’s Readings Anything worthwhile costs us something, most especially our faith.  If we are serious about it, if we love God and want to be caught up in his life, we’re going to have to pay for it in some … Continued