A reflection on the readings for Sunday, May 30, 2021 — The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Last Saturday, my infant son received the Sacrament of Baptism. When the celebrant poured holy water over my son’s head and used...
A reflection on the readings for Sunday, May 23, 2021 — the Feast of Pentecost. Preach always, use words when necessary.” These are perhaps the most famous words of St. Francis of Assisi—or so we are told. I have always...
A reflection on the readings of May 16, 2021 — the Feast of the Ascension I would like to reflect on two aspects of the Feast of the Ascension. The first aspect is the reality of the Ascension of Jesus. As...
A reflection on the readings of May 9, 2021 — the Sixth Sunday of Easter What is your image of God? Some people see God as a distant being who governs the universe from afar—an untouchable, unapproachable God. Others see...
A reflection on the readings for May 2, 2021 — the Fifth Sunday of Easter Today’s passage from the Gospel of John is a small section of a larger monologue of Jesus at the Last Supper. It is made up...
A reflection on the readings for April 25, 2021 — the Fourth Sunday of Easter A few miles away from my former parish is a Catholic Worker Farm staffed by two theology professors, a former parishioner, and a Border Collie....
This is a reflection on the readings for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, The Mass of Easter Day. It’s hard to imagine the devastation Jesus’ disciples must have felt the day he was crucified. While we read the...
A reflection on the Sunday readings for March 28, 2021 — Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion It is an interesting thing to be asked to offer my first reflection for this website on Palm Sunday, the one Sunday of...
A reflection on the Sunday readings for March 7, 2021 — the Third Sunday in Lent You’re watching the evening news and there is a story about an elderly woman who was mugged on the street in broad daylight. The mugger...
A reflection on the Sunday readings for August 2, 2020 The multiplication of loaves and fish is the only miracle found in all four Gospels, and—surprisingly—twice in the gospels of Matthew and Mark. On the peripheral level, it can be...
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