A reflection on the readings for November 27, 2022 — The First Sunday of Advent Nestled in the forests of McKean County, Pennsylvania, the Kinzua Bridge State Park is one of many beautiful spots one will find when exploring the...
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...
A reflection on the Mass readings for November 13, 2022 — The Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time On the flight home from my recent vacation, I had the opportunity to watch the two Creed movies. I had heard good things...
A reflection on the readings for Sunday, November 6, 2022, the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. I write this reflection while visiting my homeland, India. Last week, I spent time with a priest friend whom I have known since we...
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...
It’s obvious who the bad guy is in this Gospel. If this parable were a movie, he might as well be Darth Vader or some guy with a handlebar mustache and shifty eyes tying someone up to a railroad track...
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...
A reflection on the readings for October 9, 2022, the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. A little boy fell off a pier into deep ocean water. Nearby was an older sailor who, heedless of the great danger to himself, dove...
A scripture reflection for October 2, 2022, the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time. You may remember “The Secret Life of Mother Teresa,” the September 3, 2007 Time Magazine cover story about St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Journalist David Van Biema...
A reflection on the readings for September 25, 2022 — the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Oysters are ugly, strange-looking little animals. Like so many things throughout the world, they seem like they could be from another planet. But, as you...
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...
A reflection on the readings for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 11, 2022. “Filled with compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.” The parables of mercy, three of which we hear today, are meant...
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