Fifth Sunday of Lent
“Neither do I condemn you.” Jn. 8:11 (NOTE: The Church gives a variety of choices for this Sunday. I have chosen the following powerful story that is one among those ...
Fourth Sunday of Lent
“For God so loved the world…. (Jn. 3:15) In 1967, a song written by a then unknown country singer named Bobbie Gentry made it all the way to the top ...
Second Sunday of Lent
“This is my beloved Son; listen to him” (Mk. 9:7) Remember the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind? If you do, it dates you because it came out in ...
First Sunday of Lent
“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert…. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.” Mk. 1:13 Some time ago, I had the delightful experience of ...
Ash Wednesday
“… return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning” Joel: 2, 12 We’re busy people. We have all kinds of time commitments. We find ourselves ...
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“’If you wish, you can make me clean.’ Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, ‘I will do it. Be made clean.’” Mk. ...