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...
Category: Scripture Reflection
Humility, the queen of virtues
A reflection on the readings for August 28, 2022, the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. One of the most formative moments of my life came during the end of the first semester of my first year in college. Being a...
Salvation for all
A reflection on the Mass Readings for August 21, 2022, the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Audio of Homily will be posted here. Today, I would like to reflect on the same question that the disciples asked Jesus, “Will only a...
Set the world on fire!
A reflection on the Scripture readings for August 14, 2022, the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. “Francis, leave this place and set the world on fire!” These were the last words that St. Ignatius of Loyola spoke to St. Francis Xavier...
The Common Home of the Master
A reflection on the readings for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time – August 7, 2022. On August 3rd, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke about the energy crisis in the world and the harm it is causing to our...
Rich in What Matters to God
A reflection on the Mass Readings for July 31, 2022, the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Audio of Homily will be posted here. Pope Francis spent the past week in Canada on a highly anticipated papal visit. The context of his...
Flawed justice in Sodom and Gomorrah
A reflection on the scripture readings for July 24, 2022, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Old Testament is not light on stories of divine punishment and destruction. One of the necessary tasks to have a mature, integrated Biblical...
A Spirituality of Hospitality
A reflection on the Mass Readings for July 17, 2022, the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Over the last 25 years I have travelled to many countries and places. I am always struck by the hospitality of people around the world....
To Be Good
A reflection on the Mass Readings for July 10, 2022, the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Audio of Homily will be posted here. Are you good? I don’t mean are you well, but are you good? Every so often, at a...
Build My Community
A reflection on the readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Church Services in 2025[i] Pastor: The Lord be with you! Congregation: And with your spirit. Pastor: Will everyone please turn on their tablet or iPad, laptop, smartphone, or...
The love that will save
A reflection on the readings for Sunday, June 26, 2022 — The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time About 40 miles from Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast is the little resort town of Nettuno. Nettuno is home to the shrine of...
Prepare our hearts
A reflection on the readings for June 19, 2022, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ “Why can’t I change after all these years? Why can’t I change my ways? I find it so strange after all...
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