Fr. Denis Wiseman, OP

Seventeenth Sunday

Most of us assume that there is a meaning to our life’s experiences. In todays’ secondreading, Romans 8:28-30), St. Paul ...

Sixteenth Sunday – A

We might think that we inform God, who is apart from us, of our desires. In fact, God isalready with ...

Fifteenth Sunday – A

We might be surprised that our efforts in seeking God or doing things for God entailsstruggles. Everything that is valuable, ...

Fourteenth Sunday – A

In today’s Gospel, Matthew 11:25-30, Jesus marvels that the people, to whom Hepreached and for whom He worked miracles in ...

Thirteenth Sunday

When newspaper articles speak of a person’s “loved ones,” they mean “members ofone’s family.” For many of us, our relatives ...

Twelfth Sunday – A

Many people, whether Christian or not, have heard of the basic Christian teaching of“original sin.” Most people, even Christians, are ...

Corpus Christi – A

For St. Thomas Aquinas, “presence” is a key element in friendship. Thomas relates theIncarnation itself to Jesus’ desire to be ...

Trinity Sunday – A

Jesus speaks of the Father sending us the Spirit and giving us the Spirit. How can the Spirit be sent ...

Pentecost Sunday

The Holy Spirit is always giving gifts, whether for us as individuals or for the commongood, but some of these ...

Ascension

In the Ascension, we celebrate Jesus’ triumph over death and His exaltation with HisFather. While we are happy for what ...