15th Sunday Ordinary Time – A – July 16, 2023 Most of today’s parable is about the soil. In the longer version, Jesus even gets into the weeds explaining the meaning of each type of ground. Clearly, we are meant … Read More
13th Sunday Ordinary Time – A – July 2, 2023 Today’s Gospel passage ends a section on the conditions disciples may face as they do Jesus’s mission in the world. Only those ready to give up everything to follow Jesus … Read More
12th Sunday Ordinary Time – A – June 25, 2023 The last time we proclaimed these readings was one month after George Floyd’s murder by police officers. Since that horrific day, many Catholic churches, bishops, and leaders have raised their … Read More
Fourth Sunday of Easter – A – April 30, 2023 Did you notice the “gatekeeper” in verse 3 of today’s Gospel? Who is this? We could say it is the Father who is one with Jesus and opens the gate … Read More
14th Sunday Ordinary Time – C Our tendency to respond to rejection with force or hostility is strong. Just look at how many Twitter wars and Facebook fights even well-meaning Christians get into. And last week, the disciples would have … Read More
13th Sunday Ordinary Time – C We suffer at times from “imposter syndrome.” You know—that feeling you aren’t qualified for the job despite evidence of the contrary. It’s often an excuse to avoid the risk of doing something new and … Read More
Fourth Sunday of Lent – C “Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come” (2 Cor 5:17). This Sunday marks a little over two years since the world was … Read More
5th Sunday Ordinary Time – C To treat today’s Gospel passage as a springboard for a talk on vocations would be to miss the boat, pun intended. The call of Peter, James, and John gives us so much more to … Read More
Second Sunday Advent – C Unlike a chronology in which events unfold linearly, we hear the Sunday lectionary Gospel stories symbolically through the liturgical year. This is so we might recognize our place and connection to the events of salvation … Read More
