July 30, 2023 Today we celebrate the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This weekend we continue our annual journey of Discipleship 101; learning lessons that will help us to follow Jesus more nearly. Our first reading from 1 Kings recalls the great King Solomon being invited by God to ask...
July 16, 2023 Today we celebrate the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This weekend’s readings are all about the ‘Word.’ The prophet tells us of the Lord’s word that comes down from Heaven and does not return to God void but achieves the end for which He sends it. God’s...
July 23, 2023 Today we celebrate the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. As I like to say, during these summer months we are journeying with Jesus, learning and relearning the path of discipleship. Jesus teaches us, invites us, and corrects us as He lovingly yearns for us to be His...
July 9, 2023 Today we celebrate the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. As Gospels go, I have to admit today’s is one of my favorites. Jesus says, “For what You (Father) have hidden from the wise and learned You have revealed to the merest children.” He then goes on to...
July 2, 2023 Today we celebrate the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This week’s readings remind us of the promises of hospitality and perhaps challenge us to think of our hospitality to making others feel welcome. In today’s first reading from 2 Kings, the prophet Elisha is welcomed to the...
June 25, 2023 Today we celebrate the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time. As we journey through these months of Ordinary Time, various teachings and truths are revealed that help us to follow Jesus. This week’s first reading is a lament from the prophet Jeremiah, crying out to God for justice....
June 18, 2023 Today we celebrate the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time. From now until the end of the Church Year, The Solemnity of Christ the King, on Nov. 26th, we will be journeying with Jesus and relearning the path of discipleship. Each weekend we will see various parts of...
June 11, 2023 Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Today we celebrate the gift Jesus left to His Church so that we might know He is truly present with us until the end of time. Our scriptures for today remind us...
May 28, 2023 Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Today we ask that the original Spirit that descended on the Apostles in the Upper Room in Jerusalem come once again and empower us with the flame of faith to be bold disciples of the Gospel. Today we ask that...
Today we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Having met with His Apostles for 40 days since His Resurrection, the Lord Jesus summons them to the mountain. We’re told in the Gospel that once the Apostles saw Him, “they worshipped, but they doubted.” Isn’t it strange that after these many...