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...
Author: Fr. Satish Joseph
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...
Advent Stories: Ahaz, Joseph, Mary, and You
A reflection on the Sunday readings for December 18, 2022, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Next Sunday at this time, it will be Christmas. Today’s liturgy provides us with inspiration for our final week of Advent preparation. The stories and...
“Jesus, Remember Me when You Come into Your Kingdom”
A reflection on the Scripture Readings for November 20, 2022 — The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Today is the feast of Christ the Universal King. I find it fascinating that one of the most...
“From a Distance” Spirituality
A reflection on the readings for October 30, 2022, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. In 1985 I was a seminarian. I wanted to be a priest who celebrated the Mass reverently and preached the gospel meaningfully, but there was...
Life is Prayer, Prayer is Life
A reflection on the readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 16, 2022. In 2019, while preaching my homily on the same scripture readings we have today, I said, “I would like to take 2019 and just throw...
Praise the Lord Who Lifts up the Poor
A reflection on the readings of September 18, 2022 — the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The audio, when available, will be posted here. At a Labor Day Mass one year, I offered a reflection on the Church’s teaching on...
Our Epitaphs Are Yet To Be Written
A reflection on the readings for September 4, 2022 – the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. It happened in a serendipitous moment, but I learned a little late that it is not enough to have goals in life, but that...
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