With You, Always
A reflection on the readings for Sunday, May 21, 2023, The Ascension of the Lord. I have a letter here with me, written by my mother on August 10, 1992. I had been in the seminary for nine years and...
Author: Fr. Satish Joseph
Suffering: A Painful Privilege
A reflection on the Readings of Sunday, April 30, 2023 — The Fourth Sunday of Easter. Click here for the audio version. There are a few things that are common to all of humanity. We all feel hunger, for example....
Got Mercy?
A reflection on the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy), April 16, 2023. This homily was originally posted on Ite Missa Est, April 23, 2017. There are three million fewer people calling themselves Catholic today...
We Are What We Remember
A reflection on the readings for the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, April 6, 2023. On Palm Sunday, I recall inviting my parishioners to make Holy Week a time to remember the events of our redemption. I recall saying...
“Just because we have eyes does not mean we see!”
A reflection on the readings for March 19, 2023, the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Click here for the audio version. “Just because we have eyes does not mean we see.” On this the fourth Sunday of Lent, we hear a...
Trading the Jar for the Spring
A reflection on the readings for March 12, 2023, the Third Sunday of Lent. Catholicism in the US is at a very critical juncture at the moment. Just as an example, 20 years back, we used to have four sessions...
Lent: A Becoming
Ash Wednesday 2023 readings. Think about this for a minute. An entire people around the globe sets aside 40 days each year to live differently than they do the other 325 days. If we look at this merely as a...
Holiness is Relational
A reflection on the Scripture Readings for February 19, 2023 — the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click here for the audio version. How many of you think that you are perfect? How many of you think you are holy? This...
Life, Happiness, and Longevity: A Choice
A reflection on the Scripture Readings of February 12, 2023 — the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. (Click here for the audio.) A headline grabbed my attention enroute during my flight from India. It said, “An 85-year Harvard study found...
A Christian Response to Divisions
A reflection on the Sunday Readings for January 22, 2023 — the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time I am in India as I write this homily. I am in the state of Kerala, which is the center of the Eastern Rite Syro-Malabar...
Ordinary Holiness
A reflection on the scripture readings for January 15, 2023, the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Last Sunday, on the Feast of Epiphany, we reflected on the star that led the magi. I once preached on the Epiphany that in...
The Incarnation: Beyond the Obvious
There has been something inexplicable going on somewhere deep within me this Advent. I am finding it difficult to put it into words, but Christmas, its true meaning, and all its implications are overwhelming me. Of course, Christmas is the...
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