Mountains, in religious literature, were places where the human could touch the divine. Sure enough, at the top of that mountain with Jesus, the apostles witness His divinity revealed, but they also glimpse His purpose as a bringer of liberation. It is significant that Jesus does not meet with Aaron the priest, who was the […]
Second Sunday of Lent – “C†– February 24, 2013 Read More »
When Jesus leaves the Jordan river, He is filled with the glory of God’s Holy Spirit. He has been anointed with that Spirit, endowed with all grace for His mission in this world. He looks like any other man, yet His daily encounters over the next three years will reveal the greatness in Him more
First Sunday of Lent – “C†– February 17, 2013 Read More »
Today’s readings are full of surprises about the people chosen by God for particular tasks. The prophet Isaiah is a man of prayer who is familiar with the Temple. He is called by the Lord to become His prophet through whom He will name injustice, call kings to account, and proclaim an unwelcome message that
V Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– February 10, 2013 Read More »
The theological virtues of faith, hope and love are purely a gift of God. They are intended not just to sanctify us, but to equip us to help sanctify the world. The gift of faith helps us believe what God reveals about the divine nature. The gift of hope gives us a real trust in
IV Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– February 3, 2013 Read More »
It is a moment of ordinary routine that we hear Jesus’ great proclamation of good news in today’s Gospel. He is attending the synagouge on the sabbath, “as He usually did.†As He looks out at that familiar community, He knows the message that must be proclaimed: a prophetic message, of liberty to prisoners and
III Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– January 27, 2013 Read More »
The changing of water into wine, the beginning of the hour teaches us about sacrifice. Those marriages that seek the Lord as their center are seeking to love as He loved, to love with a sacrificial love. The husband must put his wife before himself. The wife must put he husband before herself. The needs
II Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– January 20, 2013 Read More »
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 »