|As I am reflecting on and writing about these readings for Jan. 2 – the dawn of a new year and the dawn of a new decade – Christmas music and Christmas bustle are swirling all around me. At the same time, our nation is ...

|The liturgical season can be a roller coaster ride. We ended the liturgical year by celebrating Christ the King and then entered Advent, preparing for the birth of a newborn infant, our king and savior. The Church devotes ...

To the upright I will show the saving power of God. -- Psalm 50

This reflection will be coming soon. Until then, here is a reflection from Eileen Burke-Sullivan on this day in 2012.|Transparency is a word you hear a lot today.  Corporations talk about transparency in their policies of ...

Divine Mercy|The gospel of John was written several decades after the 3 synoptic gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke.  In the synoptic gospels we hear stories, parables, journeys and events in the life of Jesus.  These gospels ...

|Nicodemus has come to Jesus, obviously, seeking something new. He is a teacher of Israel whose laws and traditions are ancient. He seems to be attempting to fit Jesus' new with the Jewish old. He wants to fuse the religious ...

|Call it the luck of the draw, but I was previously asked to reflect on today's readings. I reviewed my prior reflection and thought it might be worth repeating, in part.|We have all heard the expressions, "if we all just ...

|Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way|and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.|Luke|In happier days, we EME's [Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist] would stand in the sanctuary of ...

|My reflection on the readings of the day usually draw me towards the gospel. Today's gospel reading from Mark certainly has a great deal of good stuff to reflect upon as Jesus ascends into heaven and his disciples go forth ...

|As one begins to read today's gospel reading, one ought to be immediately struck by the fact that Jesus first appears not to any of his beloved disciples, not even Peter, but rather to a reformed sinner, Mary Magdalene. ...