It’s been a difficult few months to be sure. Our newsfeeds are flooded with stories of war from the Holy Land, rising tensions with Iran, and violence in Lebanon. Religious bigotry and attacks on Catholics-…
WITHOUT EXCEPTION
Until you don’t reciprocate - Except those who hurt me - Unless you betray me We don’t hear any of those exceptions to the call of Jesus in this Gospel with what is called the…
JOY + LOVE + FRIENDSHIP
There’s probably no other Gospel passage that impacted me more deeply in my life than this one we just heard [you can read it here]. I can still picture the day, being a sophomore in…
OUR LADY OF FATIMA, PRAY FOR US
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. It was on this day back in 1917 that the Blessed Virgin Mary first appeared to three children in Portugal and continued to visit…
GOD WAITS
Today's Gospel started out so nice: Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. And if you weren’t paying attention, swaying along with groovy thoughts (Sorry, if I just summoned this image…
that’s what HE said
In one of many funny scenes from The Office - the sitcom that revolves around a group of a staff of people working in a Paper supply company in Scranton, PA - Michael Scott, the…
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL?
During this time of viral pandemic, quarantine, stay at home orders - one of the things that has changed is our vocabulary. There’s a bunch of things that, previously, were not really a part of our…
JUDAS REVISITED
One of the beautiful things about Catholic liturgy, with each of the different seasons, is how the scriptures come alive in a unique way. When we were in Holy Week just a little over a…
*MIGHT
One word kind of jumps off the page in this Gospel passage : might. Jesus says: I came into the world as light so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.…