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 this year between Christmas and Lent, there … 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 flash-forward in Joseph’s dream. In our waking … 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 too much false hope and hypocrisy and … 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 of shame. There’s so much pressure, especially … 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. John the Baptist warned the Pharisees and … 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 Advent and the season it ushers in … 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 mailboxes numb us with spam, more ads, … Read More
Authentically human
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – November 23, 2025 The proclamation today of Jesus’s crucifixion reminds us that this solemnity of Christ as King of the Universe is not the typical setting we think … Read More
Give joyful testimony!
The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – November 16, 2025 In our line of work, it can be easy to fall into a spirit of pessimism, crankiness, stress, or general worry. Especially this time of year, when the pressures of … Read More
A celebration of dedication
The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome – November 9, 2025 November 9 last fell on a Sunday in 2014. Today’s feast, then, is a beautiful treat for the universal church. The Basilica of Saint John … Read More