Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Mt. 18:20 Disaster relief has been consistently in the news this summer. Hawaii, ...
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Mt. 16: 23 Several years ago, I had ...
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
“But who do you say that I am?” (Mt. 16:15) Today’s gospel begins in an unusual way. It starts with a statement about geography, about a particular location far north ...
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“”’O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.”’ And the woman’s daughter was healed from that hour.” (Mt. 15: 28) Today’s gospel presents ...
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” Jesus said, ‘Come.’ So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and ...
Feast of the Transfiguration
“Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother, John, and led them up a high mountain …. And he was transfigured before them.” Mt. 17:1-2 Astonishing things happen on mountain tops. ...