|We are part way through the second week of Advent and Christmas Eve is two weeks away.  We will celebrate the birth of our Savior soon – are we ready?  I don't mean is all your Christmas shopping done or if the decorations ...

The readings for today are wonderful in that they are both reassuring and challenging. As I read them I was filled with encouragement knowing that I have entertained angles and challenged by the gospel to question how I ...

|Today is the 9th day of Christmas! We are still very much in the Christmas season, yet the stores have taken Christmas off the shelves and reduced the merchandise greatly - Valentine and, in some stores, even Easter ...

|Today is part of the Ordinary time - after Advent and Christmas seasons and before Lent and Easter season. I always thought that term rather odd; is this time so "ordinary?" In some ways I wonder if we can ever consider ...

Today we start one of the most important weeks in our church. A week that is full of suffering and pain yet equally full of promises and hope. This is a week where we will see the cross, as a symbol of great suffering, ...

|Our readings today tell of the trials of Paul and Barnabas as they trek through the Mideast converting believers to Christianity and also the message from Jesus of hope and peace. Paul and Barnabas did bring the good news ...

|Today's readings emphasize rules and decrees and warn us of false prophets. Yet sometimes (at least for me) it is a challenge to understand what are the "decrees" to be followed and what are the ones of "false prophets." ...

Friday in the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time Today is the celebration of Blessed Peter Faber, SJ, one of the early Jesuits. Peter Faber was, in fact, the first of the "Friends" to be ordained. Blessed Peter Faber had a ...

As we approach closer to Christmas, the readings for today are, indeed, joyous ones. The responsorial psalm is replete with expressions of joy and celebration. The first reading and the gospel present some other themes as ...

The readings today present a contrast between the first reading reflecting a steadfast belief and actions congruent with such a belief and gospel where the actions seem incongruent with the claims. It is clear that Shadrach, ...