Category: Fr. Frank Doyle S.J

THE FIRST CHRISTIANS were all Jews. In the beginning they continued to observe many of their…

TODAY’S GOSPEL follows immediately after the Beatitudes.  And the readings are saying that the Beatitudes must…

TODAY WE BEGIN the Sermon on the Mount.  In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus is presented as the…

  THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT PARTS in today’s Gospel reading: a. Jesus, the light of the…

TODAY WE BEGIN again the Ordinary Season of the year.  Today’s readings speak about two things:…

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

TODAY BRINGS TO AN END our Christmas celebrations. And we see the third and last of…

CHRISTMAS IS A FEAST of light, joy and liberation.  Originally, the Romans celebrated a feast on…

  WE ARE NOW on the eve of the birth of Jesus. In today’s Gospel, Matthew…

TODAY USED TO BE CALLED “Gaudete Sunday” from the first word of the Entrance Song in…