Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second ...

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?” Mt. 22:17  Gotcha!We’re all familiar with “gotcha” politics. We witness it daily. This Sunday’s gospel sadly reminds us that ...

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.” Isaiah 25:6 “The ...

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.” Violence. Lately it seems like everywhere we turn we are assaulted by ...

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“What is your opinion? …. Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.” Matt. 21:30 “What is your opinion?” Today’s Gospel begins with a question – ...

Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Romans, 13:10)  Henry Fonda.Remember him? In a chapter titled “The Evil of Silence,” Isabel Wilkerson, ...