Readings: • Jer 20:10-13 • Psa 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 • Rom 5:12-15 • Matt 10:26-33 Recently, while watching a basketball game on television, I was horrified when a commercial came on that was completely inappropriate […]
Readings: • Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a • Psa 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 • 1 Cor 10:16-17 • Jn 6:51-58 In my late teens I began to have questions about the beliefs and practices of the small Fundamentalist […]
As Catholics, we know that death is not something to be feared. “Death is swallowed up in victory,” wrote St. Paul to the Corinthians, “O death, where is thy victory?” (1 Cor 15). We have […]
There is a curious and intriguing passage in the third chapter of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans, which in the context of the missive seems almost tossed-off, but which has proven to be a […]
God’s unity and simplicity mean that for Him truth, justice, and power are all the same. He isn’t conflicted, doesn’t do half-measures, and never loses. The evident reality of falsehood and injustice makes that hard […]
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Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of […]
Readings: • Is 2:1-5 • Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 13:11-14 • Mt 24:37-44 Advent is apocalyptic. Perhaps you’ve never thought of it in that way. But today’s readings are revealing. […]
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened […]
Readings: • Ex 17:8-13 • Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 • Lk 18:1-8 How long can any of us live without air? A few minutes at best? How long can we […]
On the Readings for Saturday, September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross […]
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