PRE-PRAYERING |We pray these days as people on a journey. We are one form of God's really being present. We have eaten of the Bread of Life, Jesus, both in the Eucharist and in our acceptance of him as the One Who Has Been ...

PRE-PRAYERING | We pray with consequences of last-weekend's liturgical readings. There was a miraculous feeding of many with apparently little. As we make our individual and communal ways toward this weekend's celebration, ...

PRE-PRAYERING || We are preparing to be prepared for Christmas these days of Advent. This Second Sunday of Advent we pray for a listening heart to hear the words of comfort and call. We pray for a stillness around us; a ...

Since my return almost two weeks ago from visiting El Salvador, I am struck almost daily by how very blessed I am and so many of us are. We have homes- very comfortable homes with heaters, and many times, air conditioning. ...

Ah, the joy of Advent.|| Even though I am writing this reflection before the season starts, the first reading is sort of like being a kid again and catching that first breath of ocean air and knowing that you're almost to ...

PRE-PRAYERING||When there is a messiness around us it is hard to know just where to begin the cleaning. Beginnings are not easy all the time. How to begin a speech or important paper, how to begin a conversation with the ...

Today's readings in Isaiah and Psalms reflect hopeful and triumphant themes of victory over difficult circumstances. Having celebrated Christ the King Sunday prior to advent, we are reminded that Christ is indeed our Lord ...

Advent Prayer for the Immaculate Conception|A highway will be there, called the holy way; ... It is for those with a journey to make, and on it the redeemed will walk.|Isaiah's powerful description of the homecoming of the ...

The crux of today's gospel is the Lord's compassion for sinners. He demonstrates that sin is altogether distinct from infirmities which some hold to be a sign of sinfulness. Their rash judgment might be captured in the ...

"We have seen incredible things today!"||Our Gospel reading for today ends with this wonderful exclamation made in response to Jesus' healing of the paralytic. If you remember, his friends were carrying him on a mat to ...