Fourth Sunday of Lent 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23, Ephesians 2:4-10, John 3:14-21 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Today we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Lent is a forty-day season of fasting, abstinence and penance. It is a season that is stricter, in this sense, than the rest of the year. But it is [...]
Third Sunday of Lent Ex 20:1-17, 1 Cor 1:22-25, Jn 2:13-25 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We are temples of the Holy Spirit. Christ cleanses the physical temple in Jerusalem of all that is not leading people to God. We ourselves must be cleansed of all that does not lead us [...]
2nd Sunday of Lent Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18, Rm 8:31b-34, Mk 9:2-10 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Let us give all to the Lord and receive from the Lord whatever He sends us. That is the invitation of the readings today. Give all and receive whatever is given back. Although we want to [...]
First Sunday of Lent Gn 9:8-15, 1 Pt 3:18-22, Mk 1:12-15 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Part of Lent is deepening our awareness that we are people who have a Covenant with the Living God. We are not just people who believe in God. We are a people sought out by God, [...]
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 13: 1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11: 1, Mk 1: 40-45 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Leprosy is a terrible disease, though it is almost unknown in the western world. But it is still concerning us for it is a symbol of sin. We are all tainted with the [...]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2021 Job 7:1-4, 6-7, 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23, Mk 1:29-39 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Job asks us today: “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?” Yes, we know that in the end, Job received so many gifts from God because his faith did [...]
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 01/31/2021 Dt 18: 15-20, 1 Cor 7:32-35, Mk 1: 21-28 Dear brothers and sisters, The Authority of Jesus Today’s gospel reading makes a clear distinction between the teaching of Jesus and that of the Scribes, the official interpreters of the Torah or Law of the Jews. Scribes never [...]
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 24, 2021 Jonah 3: 1-5, 10; 1 Cor 7: 29-31, Mk 1L14-20 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Whenever we think of Jonah, we think of Jonah being swallowed whole by a whale. Actually, the bible does not speak of a whale but of a great fish. [...]
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Sam 3:3b-10, 19, 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20, Jn 1:35-42 Dear sisters and brothers, We are all called to follow the Lord Jesus. Just as all peoples of the Old Covenant, the Old Testament, were called to be faithful to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, so [...]
Baptism of the Lord Jan 10, 2021 Is 55:1-11, I Jn 5: 1-9, Mk 1: 7-11 Dear Sisters and Brothers, We celebrate birthdays with a lot of excitement. But never our baptism. Yet this is our birthday as Christians. In today’s liturgy we celebrate the baptism of Jesus. In celebrating his baptism, we [...]