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Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle “A”, August 21, 2011

Jesus, with His friends, has travelled far north into the region of Caesarea Philippi. In this secluded spot He asks them who people think He is. There’s variety of opinions: perhaps He’s John the Baptist, or Elijah, or Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. But what about the apostles themselves: what do they think? It’s

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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle “A”, August 14, 2011

The healing of the Canaanite woman’s daughter comes about through the mother’s faithful perseverance. Jesus is impressed with her unrelenting prayer. Her faith is a wonderful example. We may ask why Jesus responded to the woman in the way He did. After all, it does seem, to be honest, brusque, even a tad rude. The

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Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christ – Cycle “A”, June 26, 2011

Today’s feast celebrates the presence of Jesus in the mystery of the Eucharist, His presence among us under the appearance of bread and wine. How is it possible, nearly 2,000 years after His death, that He is with us in this way? How do we know it is Him? When Jesus rose from the dead,

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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – Cycle “A”, June 19, 2011

Today we celebrate the most astonishiong, mind-bending truth of all: that though there is, and can be, only one God, yet in this one there are three persons. We could never have known that had it not been revealed through Jesus. In the Gospels He speaks of Himself frequently as the Son, sent into the

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