This feast of Christ’s baptism is a good opportunity to reflect on our own baptism. Do we sometimes behave as though we have remained with Jesus in the manger, allowing our faith to remain childish? Or have we let it grow into an adult, which is ready to make a deeper commitment as Jesus did […]
Baptism of our Lord – “C†– January 13, 2013 Read More »
In a sense, the Epiphany might be called the “big reveal†of the Christmas story. Isaiah and psalmist looks forward to the day when the glory of the Lord will shine over God’s people, so that foreign nations will be drawn to the light of Israel’s God, and Israel’s exiles will be carried home. The
Epiphany of our Lord – “C†– January 6, 2013 Read More »
The glory of the Lord didn’t continue to shine around the shepherds. The angels didn’t stick around to fight on the side of the newborn king. The glory and the angels disappeared and Luke focuses on the men. The angels didn’t praise God because of what the Savior’s birth meant for them. Rather, they rejoice
Solemnity of the Humble Shepherds – “C†– December 30, 2012 Read More »
Today we see in the Gospel God’s respect and love for what is small. Mary and Elizabeth were two undistinguished women, living in a couple of villages in an unfashionable province of the Roman Empire. In the eyes of their world they counted for nothing. And yet God entered into their lives in a way
Fourth Sunday of Advent – “C†– December 23, 2012 Read More »
This Sunday is traditionally called “Gaudete†Sunday from the Latin word for “rejoiceâ€, which is the first word of the entrance antiphon in the liturgy. It calls us to “Rejoice in the Lord always.†There is no implication that we are only to rejoice when we are feeling good or when we are is a
Third Sunday of Advent – “C†– December 16, 2012 Read More »
In the Gospel today John the Baptist is described as a voice, calling for a highway to be made clear, for obstacles to be removed from the path, for winding ways to be straightened, for valleys and hills to be leveled. All this so that it will be possible for the Lord to come among
Second Sunday of Advent – “C†– December 9, 2012 Read More »
This new season of Advent invites each of us to become all that we can be. The most serious coronary disease in the world is not a blockage of the arteries but rather hardness of the heart. If you are not willing to recast yourself into a more attractive Christian this Advent, you do have
First Sunday of Advent – “C†– December 2, 2012 Read More »
The readings for today’s celebration of the great feast of Christ the Kings speak to us of the Lord’s sovereign rule over all time and space. But they also speak about the places of muddle and difficulty. This is where this majesty is revealed. In the Gospel we see Jesus indiscussion with Pontius Pilate, the
In the Creed, we pray, “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and His kingdom will have no end.†Later we pray, “I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.†It is these beliefs that we profess in today’s readings.
Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – “B†– November 18, 2012 Read More »
When famine come upon Israel, a widow finds herself down to her last handful of flour. She and her son are facing a certain death. As she prepares to make their final meal she finds a man of God wanting to sit at her table. Elijah pleads with the widow to share the little she
Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – “B†– November 11, 2012 Read More »