Holy Thursday In reviewing past homilies for Holy Thursday, I found that in almost every one I remind us all that I am specifically to preach a
Were you there?
As I’ve said in prior years, the Church’s altering of the liturgical calendar to combine the once separate celebrations of Palm Sunday and Passion
Turning our death/debt into hope
Mass readings for the 5th Sunday in Lent:Isaiah 43.16-21 Psalm 126.1-6 Philippians 3.8-14 John 8.1-11 In the latter weeks of Lent, we
A prodigal of a different kind
When we hear the story of the prodigal son, we need to recognize that as much as it centers on a loving father, a profligate son who needs to repent
Fit to give fruit
Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday in Lent:Exodus 3.1-8a, 13-15 Psalm 103.1-4,6-8, 11 1 Corinthians 10.1-6, 10-12 Luke 1.1-9 It’s cryptic
a glimpse
Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Lent:Genesis 15.5-12, 17-18 Psalm 27.1, 7-9, 13-14 Philippians 3.17-4.1 Luke 9.28b-36 The
All very tempting
Mass readings for the 1st Sunday of Lent:Deuteronomy 25.4-10 Psalm 91.1-2, 10-15 Roman 10.8-13 Luke 4.1-13 Christ stands in for us in
Of specks, logs and the Great One
Mass readings for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Sirach 27.4-7 Psalm 92.1-2, 12-15 1 Corinthians 15.54-58 Luke 6.39-45 I said last
God’s big ask of us
Mass readings for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time:1 Samuel 26.2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-25 Psalm 103.1-4, 8, 10, 12-13 1 Corinthians 15.45-49 Luke