A Common Foundation
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 25, 2026 Today is a good day to celebrate the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate, but not because Lent is a few weeks away.... Read More
Prayer for Unity
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 18, 2026 You might want to sit down when I tell you that Lent is only 31 days away! With only five Ordinary Time Sundays... Read More
Christ in our present moment
The Fourth Sunday in Advent – December 21, 2025 In dreams, time moves differently. On this last Sunday of Advent, we get a Christmas story, Matthew’s account of Jesus’s birth embedded as a... Read More
Rejoicing is resistance
The Third Sunday in Advent – December 14, 2025 Many on the front lines of parish leadership have been questioning, wondering, retiring, or just leaving ministry (maybe even the church) altogether. They’ve seen... Read More
The lie of shame
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – December 8, 2025 As humans we have become ill with shame. Many of us have spent much energy, time, and money healing from childhood trauma born... Read More
The fruit of the kingdom
The Second Sunday in Advent – December 7, 2025 Isaiah’s radical “peaceable kingdom” that we proclaim today has been so romanticized in our religious art and imagination that its eschatological meaning gets lost.... Read More
An extraordinary moment
The First Sunday in Advent – November 30, 2025 The beginning of a new year is always a special occasion. Like birthdays or first days of school, we mark this First Sunday of... Read More
We give ourselves to one another
Thanksgiving Day – November 27, 2025 Most of us never get personal handwritten letters in the mail anymore. Instead, our postal mailboxes are filled with bills, ads, and end-of-the-year solicitations, and our electronic... Read More