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The Advent Season leads us to reflect on the journey of the past and the challenges of the present as we look with anticipation toward the future.  The prophet Isaiah ponders all three in a dramatic,... Read More

eals you when you are hurt, keeps you on the straight and narrow, and refreshes your soul? One name: Jesus.  Sunday is the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, and the readings for... Read More

Sunday's opening prayer states that “God is the author of all that is good.”  So true.  God’s grace gives us the lens to see life more deeply. The first reading is the same reading my brother chose... Read More

“Behold the Bridegroom!  Come out to meet him!” I remember the summer evening, a long time ago, when my sister and I returned home after playing tennis.  Our mother told us that while we were gone a... Read More

In preaching to the people, Jesus urged them to observe what the scribes and Pharisees say but not to follow what they do. The scribes and Pharisees “preach but they do not practice,” and... Read More

Now imagine that Jesus walks into the room and says (as He does to the Pharisees in Sunday's Gospel): “Love the Lord. Love your neighbor.” How do you respond? Does it stir up some introspection? Love... Read More

At times I may think that God’s loving actions in our world are restricted to those who believe as I do. In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus and the religious leaders in Jerusalem continue their tense exchange... Read More

This Sunday’s Gospel of the Wedding Feast (Mt. 22:1-14) gives me the shivers. The king informs the guests, not once but twice, that it is time to come to his son’s wedding feast. They didn’t just... Read More

As we read Sunday’s first reading and Gospel, we could become somewhat anxious with the words and phrases of “judgment,” “bloodshed,” “kingdom of God will be taken away from you.” However, the second... Read More

When I first read this Sunday’s Gospel parable, it took me back to my childhood.  When I was asked to do something, I’d immediately say, “Yes, mother.”  Sometimes I did what she asked me to do -- but... Read More