3rd Sunday of Lent – Going to Meet Jesus at the Well

She really was quite intelligent, this Samaritan Woman that Jesus met at the well.  She engaged…

1st Sunday of Lent – Temptation

They had lost their innocense.  The first effects of their sin was that their eyes were…

6th Sunday of the year – Choose the Life of the Lord

            Back in the olden days, when I was in college, I was a religious brother…

4th Sunday of the year – Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Today’s Gospel presents the Beatitudes.  I want to hone in on one of these: Blessed are…

3rd Sunday of the year – Enlightened

Today’s readings begin with the passage from Isaiah that we proclaim at the Christmas Midnight Mass:…

Feast of the Holy Family – Being a Real Man, A Real Woman, A True Child of God

During this time a year, parishes get quite a number of phone calls from very excited…

Christmas – He Enters Our World To Draw Us Into His Presence

We gather in prayer on Christmas day to celebrate the center event of God’s creation.  This…

4th Sunday of Advent – Fear Not All You Josephs

Today’s Gospel reading centers on Joseph. In fact, the infancy narratives in the Gospel of Matthew…

3rd Advent Sunday – Authentic Happiness, Authentic Joy

This is Gaudete or Rejoice Sunday.  The readings force us to ask ourselves: What makes us…

2nd Advent Sunday – Prepare, Don’t Presume

Among the alarming list of human foibles is the concept of entitlement.  It seems that many…