18th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS  2

  Dear Preachers: A friend of mine has cancer. She has had to go for chemo…

18th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS    

  This week’s gospel picks up where last week’s left off. Last week we heard about…

17th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

If you are in a hurry you don’t want to sit down to eat with middle…

17th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

Dear Preachers: Have you noticed how many times the words “unity” and “one” are mentioned in…

16th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

I told a friend recently that I was able to get away for a few days…

14th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS  

I live on the outskirts of Dallas Texas. We are surrounded by highways with lots of…

13th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Dear Preachers: Mark’s narratives are usually short, crisp and have a feeling of rush about them.…

Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist

It’s easy to see why the Isaiah reading was chosen for today’s feast and as a…

12th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS   

Dear Preachers: Today’s gospel stirs memories. A Dominican sister and I were part of a team…

11th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Jesus introduces today’s parables by saying, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God….”…