Epiphany Sunday
St. Ignatius of Loyola encourages a form of prayer with which we visualize Gospelscene and even enter into them. Christian imagination has been doing this…
Mary, Mother of God
Why the shouts at the start of the New Year? Why the fireworks? What are peoplecelebrating? A new year brings hope of change, the possibility…
Holy Family
How do animals know how to care for their young? Distinct varieties of birds makedistinct nests. Birds sit on their eggs, find food for their…
Christmas
As we tell the Nativity story, we naturally recall the circumstances of Jesus’ birth, those who came to see the infant and the events related…
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Jesus said, “By their fruits, you will know them” (Mt 7:19). Given time, our choices havean effect on our lives. Some of the choices we…
Third Sunday of Advent – C
“Rejoice in the Lord always! Again, I say, rejoice! The Lord is near” These words arefrom today’s second reading (Phil 4:4-7) are also the “Entrance…
Second Sunday of Advent – C
Many of us don’t realize that there is an Old Testament Book entitled “Baruch.” It is briefand is only used four times in the yearly…
First Sunday of Advent – C
Throughout this season of Advent, in the songs and prayers, we ask Jesus to “come.”But how can Jesus come when He has already come? The…
Thirty Fourth Sunday – B
“King of the Universe, but not of the world?”Why does the Church celebrate Jesus as the King of the Universe, when Jesus assertsthat his kingdom…
Thirty Third Sunday – B
Crosses are part of our environment, even being worn by people, yet we forget that theCross has a message.In the Temple in Jerusalem, sacrifices were…