Before and After
My homily for the Third Sunday of Easter. Readings for the day are: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 1 John 2:1-5 Luke 24:35-48 During the Easter Season our readings give us...
Tagged: Gospel
We Celebrate the Servant King
This Sunday, November 22, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. At the end of our liturgical year, we remind ourselves that Christ’s Kingdom is not governed by the same ideals as the...
As For Me and My House, We Shall Serve the Lord
A lot has already been written about Jeff Sessions, about his use of a Biblical quote to justify political actions, and about the reasons why he’s wrong. I don’t know that I can say...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This year for our Holy Week Tenebrae service I presented a short reflection on Luke 22: 47 – 52 — the betrayal and arrest of Jesus. The disciples are having a very bad day....
Can’t Buy Me Love
Is money a form of idolatry? This past Sunday, listening to the Gospel reading in which Jesus speaks of the lawfulness of paying taxes, I had one of those quick and fleeting drive-by thoughts....
The Cry of the Poor
In reflecting upon the readings for this past Sunday, October 25 — the story from Mark’s gospel about the blind beggar Bartimaeus — America Magazine’s John W. Martens poses the question, “Who do we...
Recent Comments