Testimony and Support
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 25, 2026 There is one more ritual you might want to consider celebrating before Ash Wednesday, either today or next Sunday. That is the optional... Read More
Deepening the bond
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – January 25, 2026 A few weeks ago, we looked at celebrating the Rite of Reception during these weeks before Lent so baptized Christians becoming Catholic can... Read More
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