Category: Fr. Frank Doyle S.J

TODAY IS KNOWN AS GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY because, in each year of the liturgical cycle on…

TODAY’S GOSPEL BEGINS in an atmosphere of fear. It is Easter Sunday, two days after the…

IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN, then our faith has no meaning. Easter, not Good Friday, is…

We are just one week away from Holy Week and our celebration of God’s love for…

AT FIRST SIGHT one might wonder at the choice of the First Reading and what its…

THE GOSPEL PRESENTS a dramatic scene where Jesus shows himself as Lord of the Temple. It…

THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE of the Transfiguration described in the Gospel took place very soon after Jesus…

WE ARE NOW into the great season of Lent, when we spend six weeks preparing to…

LEPERS WERE AMONG THE MOST PITEOUS of people in ancient (and in even not-so-ancient) times. Although…

Today we celebrate the close of the Christmas with a festival of light. Candles are blessed…