16th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

My hard-working mother came home from Sunday Mass after hearing today’s gospel about Mary and Martha…

16th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

  My mother was one of nine children. Her father was a laborer; her mother worked…

15th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

“Good Samaritan” has become part of our language, whether we are Christian or not.  About ten…

15th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

The story of the Good Samaritan is one of the best known in the Bible. Even…

14th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

I am writing this a few days after the slaughter in Orlando Florida. Our hearts are…

14th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Bible is filled with poetry, especially the Psalms, which are poetic prayers. Isaiah today is…

13th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Can you feel the shift and the rush in today’s gospel passage? Beginning with today’s passage…

12th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Today’s gospel sounds like a classroom quiz. The teacher asks the question and students’ hands eagerly…

Feast of the Body and the Blood – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

There was a time when Catholics rarely received Communion. Since reception was so infrequent Benediction and…

Feast of the Body and the Blood – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

  From the way Luke narrates the multiplication of the bread and fish you can tell…