Readings: • Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 • Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 • 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 • Lk 13:1-9 When asked why they climb, professional mountaineers often give varied but interconnected reasons. They […]
A prophet with a perilous mission “And the Lord sent Nathan to David” (2 Sam 12:1). The context of Nathan’s mission is ominous. After committing adultery with Bathsheba and, in order to hide that sin, […]
Readings: • Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 • Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 • Phil 3:17—4:1 • Lk 9:28b-36 What a difference a week makes! From temptation in the desert to Transfiguration on the mount; from supernatural […]
Readings for Sunday, March 6, 2022: • Dt 26:4-10 • Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 • Rom 10:8-13 • Lk 4:1-13 “The whole story of the Temptation is misconceived,” wrote Monsignor Ronald Knox, “if we […]
“Do this in memory of me.” –Luke 22:19 For a few years now, I have observed the slow but steady corrosion of my spelling ability. With the rising ubiquity of spell-check and especially auto-correct features […]
Pope Francis waves during the Angelus on Sept. 26, 2021 / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Feb 20, 2022 / 08:22 am (CNA).
To love one’s enemies and to turn the other cheek seems impossible, but Jesus Christ’s love gives Christians this strength that… […]
Readings: • Is 62:1-5 • Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 • 1 Cor 12:4-11 • Jn 2:1-11 The Gospel of John contains some seventeen direct references to signs (semeia), which is St. John’s term for […]
A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, December 7, 2017, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord […]
The Church, “expert in humanity” (as Pope Paul VI put it), knows that the mystery of Christmas (like that of Easter) is so great that it cannot be adequately plumbed – let alone celebrated – […]
We lost the feast of St. Stephen this year because it coincided with a Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, the feast of the Holy Family, December 26. As the Christmas carol informs us: “Good […]
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