4th Sunday of the year – Blessed are those who mourn, for we shall be comforted.

If there is any truth to the stereotype of an Old Testament prophet as someone going…

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…

4th Sunday of the year

It is told that when Mother Theresa was once cleaning the wounds of a leper, a…

4th Sunday of the year

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

4th Sunday of the year – What does the human person seek but joy?

Introduction Do you want to be happy for a few hours? Get drunk. Do you want…

3rd Sunday of the year

In the birth of Jesus, God brought light into a dark world. Several of our New…

3rd Sunday of the year – Enlightened

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

3rd Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

I was listening to a local radio program recently as I was driving across town. The…

3rd Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

Dear Preachers: We commonly make reference to Sunday’s three Scripture readings. But there are four. We…

3rd Sunday of the year

The story is told about a despondent man who complained to his mother: “I’ve stopped going…