23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 8, 2019

On September 9, 2019

The Gospel today seems harsh, does it not? Jesus has just told us If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. What is this!? Obviously, the same Lord who commanded us to honor our father and […]

On September 2, 2019

I suspect we all spend a good amount of time and energy wondering what others think about us – our friends, supervisors, teachers, coaches, neighbors – and try to present ourselves in the best way possible so that these people think well of us. There is a whole advertising and fashion industry built on convincing […]

On September 2, 2019

The Word of God by which we have been instructed today is difficult, for it is a word of judgment which calls us to account. The words of Jesus speak of division and opposition. We must approach them carefully. The danger is a superficial approach which sees Jesus as wanting to divide people and set […]

On June 24, 2019

We celebrate today the day the church has set aside to contemplate the great mystery of the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ. It might seem strange that we have a feast set aside precisely to celebrate the Holy Eucharist. After all, the church gathers each Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist. And yet it […]

On June 24, 2019

We have come to the day of Pentecost, the third great Easter Feast which now brings our fifty days of rejoicing in the Lord’s resurrection to a close for this year. Having completed the mission for which the Father had sent him to live among us in our human nature, the Lord Jesus Christ ascended […]

On April 15, 2019

With Palm Sunday, we arrive at the closing days of Lent and draw near to the Easter Triduum in which we will make present this year the suffering, death and glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We can, therefore, ask ourselves how fruitful our Lenten observance has been this year. At the […]

On March 25, 2019

On Ash Wednesday, when we began Lent, we heard the message from St. Paul: behold, now is a very acceptable time; now is the day of salvation. It was a call for us to respond to the present opportunity, the spiritual season that was beginning, to make use of the time given to us to […]

Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019

On March 8, 2019

We have been instructed by the readings from the Word of God familiar for this day – the Prophet Joel, the Second Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, and a part of the Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Matthew. We have been presented with the Lord’s words, which are the foundation […]

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On December 8, 2018

The psalm of today’s liturgy perhaps communicates best the theme of our celebration: Sing to the Lord a new song for he has done wondrous deeds…he has remembered his love and faithfulness. For this feast reveals in a beautiful way the love and faithfulness of God, who created us for Himself and who redeemed us […]

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time “B”

On August 2, 2018

In both the first reading from II Kings and in the Gospel passage, we read of God’s provident care in providing food for a multitude in a marvelous way beyond all expectation: The Prophet Elisha takes twenty barley loaves and feeds a hundred people at the Lord’s command so that some is left over; and […]

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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 8, 2019

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 1, 2019

20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, August 18, 2019

Corpus Christi, June 23, 2019

Pentecost, June 9, 2019

Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019

Third Sunday of Advent, March 24, 2019

Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time “B”