27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 2:18-24, Hebrews 2:9-11, Mark 10:2-16 Dear sisters and brothers, Marriage! The readings today speak to us about the creation of man and woman and their union with one another in marriage. Today it is so difficult to speak about marriage because our culture is against the [...]
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Num 11: 25-29, Jas 5: 1-6, Mk 9: 38-43, 45, 47-48 Dear sisters and brothers, One of the astonishing signs of the times today is the popularity of what has come to be known as the prosperity gospel. This is the gospel that you hear in most mega [...]
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 2:12, 17-20, James 3:16-4:3, Mark 9:30-37 Dear sisters and brothers, Today the Gospel repeats part of what we heard last week because it is so important: “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his [...]
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 50: 4c-9a, James 2: 14-18, Mark 8: 27-35 Dear sisters and brothers, Today, the twenty-fourth Sunday of ordinary time, we honor and celebrate Christ, the son of God, who humbly accepted the weakness of our human condition. He demonstrated his solidarity with us by generously renouncing himself [...]
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 35:4-7a, James 2:1-5, Mark 7:31-37 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Samuel was one of the most remarkable gospel preachers in my village. You see, Samuel was blind and never went to school. Later in life he joined the Jehovah’s Witnesses and had to memorize large portions [...]
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8, James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27, Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Dear sisters and brothers, Is there anyone who can teach us as Jesus does? Is there any faith tradition that is as strong and true as our own? There is no God other than ours, Father, Son [...]
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Joshua 24: 1-2a, 15-17, Eph 5: 21-32, John 6: 60-69 Dear sisters and brothers, In today’s Gospel we are being asked to make a choice, as we are, to choose to follow Jesus or not. Will we choose to follow him for a while and see how [...]
Feast of Assumption of the Virgin Mary Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab, 1 Cor 15:20-27, Luke 1:39-56 Dear sisters and brothers, For us Catholics, Mary’s role in salvation is apparent. She is not our savior, but the mother of our Savior and for this we praise her cooperation with the action of the Holy Spirit. [...]
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kings: 19: 4-8, Eph 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, John 6: 41-51 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Bread that Came Down from Heaven A community of nuns in Paris usually has a priest come in every evening at 4:00 pm to celebrate the Eucharist with [...]
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 16: 2-4.12-15, Eph 4: 20-24, Jn 6: 24-35 Dear sisters and brothers, In 1885 Vincent Van Gogh visited a museum in Amsterdam in order to see Rembrandt’s famous painting. ‘The Jewish Bride’. Having seen it he said, ‘I would give ten years of my life if [...]