Second Sunday – C
Who is getting married today? According to St. Thomas Aquinas, it might be you. AsBiblical scholars would agree, Thomas’ depiction of the wedding at Cana…
Baptism of the Lord – C
Several years ago, as I entered a mall in Nairobi right after New Year’s Day, I saw aworkman on a ladder, taking down the Christmas…
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…