March 20, 2022 Today we celebrate the Third Sunday of Lent. In today’s first reading from Exodus we have the dramatic scene of Moses approaching the burning bush and conversing with God. God has called him to deliver His people from their slavery in Egypt. We hear, “I have witnessed...
March 13, 2022 Today we celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent. Every year on this Sunday we read the passage of Jesus taking the three apostles, Peter, James, and John up Mt. Tabor where they behold Him Transfigured before their eyes. Why did they need this? Why do we? Jesus...
March 6, 2022 Today we celebrate the First Sunday of Lent. It is our annual retreat with Jesus into the desert to fight temptation, in order to allow God to be our top priority and to renew our minds and hearts. Every year the Gospel for this Sunday has Jesus...
February 25, 2022 Today we celebrate the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. This is the final Sunday of our brief season of Ordinary Time. This coming Wednesday, March 2nd, we will enter the season of Lent. Today’s scripture might just be a good segue way into the season marked by...
February 20, 2022 Today we celebrate the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. As we continue the season of Ordinary Time we continue to learn important lessons from the teachings of Jesus. This weekend is no exception. Jesus teaches the “Golden Rule,” “Do to others as you would have them do...
February 13, 2022 Today we celebrate the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In both our first reading and the Gospel there is a contrast between blessing and curse. The prophet Jeremiah delivers the message of the Lord telling the people that those who trust in human beings, turning from trust...
February 6, 2022 Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Our first reading today from Isaiah the prophet describes an encounter and a vision of God. The Lord says to the young prophet, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” And the powerful response made in...
January 23, 2022 Today we celebrate the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In our Old Testament reading from the Book of the prophet Nehemiah we hear the story of Ezra the scribe bringing the Book of the Law to the people of Israel and they listened attentively. It is a...
16 January 2022 Today we celebrate the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. For the next seven and a half weeks we will be in this season in between Christmas and Lent. I liken the season of Ordinary Time as a time to grow in our faith, to relearn the basics,...
9 January 2022 Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord and “officially” the end of the Christmas season. I say “officially” because Gram Kiniry taught us that Christmas ends with the visit of the Magi which we celebrated last Sunday. The Church includes this feast as a transition from...
