4th Sunday of Advent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! In this reading, God sends the prophet to meet Ahaz just when the king is taking steps to secure his kingdom from attack. The king is determined to solve his problems by turning [...]
3rd Sunday of Advent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! In his oracles, Isaiah often draws imagery from nature. In this reading, the prophet uses the image of a desert transformed into a garden to express the changes service to God can make in [...]
2nd Sunday of Advent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Isaiah anticipates a better future for his people. When that day comes, the royal house will at last exhibit the ideals God always looked for in Israel’s leaders. The opening line of the reading [...]
1st Sunday of Advent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The language in this reading is so vivid, it is explained as something the prophet saw rather than as something he said. Such impressive images are characteristic of Isaiah’s message. First comes the image of [...]
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! When Samuel was sent to anoint David as king so many years earlier, David was shepherding his father’s flocks (1 Sm 16). Now he is invited to shepherd the people. [...]
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! It is difficult to assign a precise time for Malachi. Traditionally, he is thought to have served God some 500 years before the birth of Jesus. His name means “my messenger” and seems inspired [...]
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The first half of the second century BCE was a time of great struggle for the Jewish people. A proud king attempted to force the chosen people to abandon their traditions. Some Jews, [...]
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The dominant theme of this book is the saving power of wisdom. Already the author has included a long list of people (in chapter 10) who were saved because they sought to [...]
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The book of Sirack is filled with practical advice for the journey of faith. A grandson translated Sirach’s Hebrew text into Greek in the latter years of the second century before the birth [...]
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Our first reading tells us that as the tribes of Israel make the journey from Egypt to Mount Sinai, God challenges them over and over again to grow in faith. God has already [...]