First day of Lent
“Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.” Mt. 4:1 Temptation. Even the word itself is provocative, glamorous, alluring. Because, if there’s one ...
The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
For the last few Sunday’s, readings from the Gospel of Matthew, noted for its strong emphasis on Jesus the Teacher, have emphasized what has come to be called “the sermon ...
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“You are the salt of the earth …. You are the light of the world.” “Let there be light.” The first words God ever spoke. Since the earliest of times, ...
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
“Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign of contradiction ….” Lk 2:34 Everybody loves a story. Children love ...
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
’Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.” (Mt. 4, 20) Following Jesus is costly. It’s costly because ...
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Behold the Lamb of God” (Jn. 1, 29) “A lot of church-going people never really got baptized.” That sentence jumped out at me from a very provocative article written by ...