“Come out!”
Fifth Sunday of Lent – A Unless you have had elect celebrating the scrutinies, the last time your assembly heard this Gospel was at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of... Read More
Faith seeks reason
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord The first chapter of Luke’s Gospel gives us back-to-back annunciations with very different outcomes. First is the angel Gabriel’s announcement to Zechariah, which leaves him mute... Read More
Not proof, but love
Fourth Sunday of Lent – A Who sinned? Isn’t this the one who used to beg? How were your eyes opened? Where is he? How can a sinful man do such things? What... Read More
Holy Ground
Third Sunday of Lent – A We were in Selma, Alabama, to see the Edmund Pettus Bridge and maybe have our flagging hope revived. He stood in our way beside a card table... Read More
Humanity, fully alive
Second Sunday of Lent – A Though long dead, Moses and Elijah, the great liberator and the prophet of the Jewish people, drop in to chat with Jesus, who emanates dazzling light before... Read More
The commencement of our mission
First Sunday of Lent – A The Spirit leads Jesus into the desert after his baptism to be tested by the devil. This highlights two important aspects of faith. First, recall that one... Read More
Do Look Around
Ash Wednesday – Year A In the 2021 movie “Don’t Look Up,” a news anchor rebuffs his guest astronomers. Apparently, their announcement of a comet on course to destroy the Earth in six... Read More
Restraint and Generosity
7th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A On this last Sunday before Lent, we come to the climax of the “antitheses” in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount. It is a fitting prelude... Read More