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...
Catholic Social Teaching for Our World Today
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...
Sunday’s Readings: Solemnity of Christ the King 2 Samuel 5: 1-3 Psalm 122: 1-5 Colossians 1: 12-20 Luke 23: 35-43 It is interesting to me, this coincidence of our Church and State calendars in...
Sunday’s Readings: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Malachi 3: 19-20a Psalm 98: 5-6, 7-8, 9 2 Thessalonians 3: 7-12 Luke 21: 5-19 In looking at today’s Gospel reading, as the people are admiring their...
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Sunday Readings: 2 Maccabees 7: 1-12, 9-14 Psalm 17: 1, 5-6, 8, 15 2 Thessalonians 2: 16-3: 5 Luke 20: 27-38 Our first reading today, from Maccabees, reminds us...
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...
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...
Today’s Gospel reading reminded me of another blog post I’d written some years ago. First published March 27, 2013, it is presented below. I found the following story on Facebook recently. One day...
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