Essential Service
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – June 22, 2025 It’s been five years since COVID-19 changed everything so much that we can mark time as “BC” or “AC,” before or after COVID. For some … Read More
A sign of love and service
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – June 15, 2025 Try to count how many times we invoke the Trinity at Mass. We not only speak but also sign ourselves in the name of the Trinity. In the priest’s … Read More
Kindling the fire of Christ’s mission
Pentecost Sunday – June 8, 2025 Whenever the Holy Spirit is present and active, something changes. In the Eucharist, simple bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. With a blessing, ordinary water becomes a font … Read More
Becoming a patient people
Ascension Sunday – June 1, 2025 As a liturgical feast, the Solemnity of the Ascension is primarily the beginning of a nine-day novena in preparation for the Solemnity of Pentecost. (This is clearer in dioceses where Ascension remains on the … Read More
More than Nourishment
Seventh Sunday of Easter – June 1, 2025 The Masses of the Sundays of Easter time are also called the “Masses for the neophytes,” those newly baptized. These “new Christs” have been grafted to him through baptism. As their name … Read More
Anchored in love
Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 25, 2025 The reading today from the Acts of the Apostles recounts an early church conflict. The new Christian community could have fractured at its beginnings if it had not been committed to staying … Read More
Called to be good
Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 11, 2025 As we move into the middle of the Easter season and, for some, the warmth of summer, we might be feeling a post-meal nap coming on following last week’s breakfast on the … Read More
Breaking the fast
Third Sunday of Easter – May 4, 2025 “Come, have breakfast.” How often have we heard those words or something similar in our lifetime? Mothers, grandmothers, dads, lovers, hosts, all inviting us to eat. Strangers and soon-to-be-friends asking us to … Read More
Tell what you see
Second Sunday of Easter – April 27, 2025 Ten-year-old Laura Lentz’s father examined the letter she was writing to her favorite cousin. “All you do is write about yourself,” the future author recalled him saying. He placed another paper in … Read More