“Lord, come to my aid!”
The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 17, 2025 Jesus’s words today don’t bring much comfort. But our comfort isn’t the goal of faith in Christ. Following Christ will call us to... Read More
Not for the faint of heart
The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 15, 2025 In society and the church, women continue to be vanguards of God’s reign. There is more awareness now of... Read More
This very hour
The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 10, 2025 With Christ’s Ascension two millennia ago, it is challenging to take seriously the urgency of today’s Gospel reading. If Christ’s second coming hasn’t... Read More
Our need for the other
The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 3, 2025 Jesus does not condemn the rich for being rich. Think of Zacchaeus, the wealthy tax collector who received Jesus’s blessings (Lk 19:1–10) or... Read More
Waiting to be let in
The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 27, 2025 Today you might consider celebrating either the Order of Reception into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church of Those Already Validly Baptized... Read More
Disrupted by God’s presence
The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 20, 2025 We don’t know if Jesus’s arrival at Martha’s house was planned or an impromptu visit. Regardless, having a house guest always causes a... Read More
Nearness and proximity
The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 13, 2025 Jesus never calls the Samaritan “good.” Instead, he calls him “neighbor.” Similarly, the priest and Levite weren’t “bad.” They just weren’t neighborly. Each... Read More
Only by peace
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 6, 2025 There is a disconcerting tendency among some Catholics and other Christians to claim persecution if they encounter any resistance to their faith. Let’s... Read More