Reflection for the readings of December 31, 2023 — the Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Year B 2023 Friends, one can only wonder what families with members with same-sex attraction feel about the backlash to...
Reflection for the readings of December 24, 2023, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. We’ve made our journey these four weeks of Advent with the people who led up to Jesus. King David is imperfect but chosen. The prophets, men and...
A reflection on the readings of December 17, 2023 — The Third Sunday of Advent At Mass last Sunday, as we were listening to the second reading, there was the unmistakable sound of a happy child. It took a moment...
A Reflection on the readings of December 10, 2023 — The Second Sunday of Advent To better understand the message that the Church is giving us on this Second Sunday of Advent, we could think of a father who is...
A reflection on the scripture readings of December 3, 2023, the First Sunday of Advent. The audio, when available, will be posted here. The last few years have felt like a marathon. Between becoming pastor of a growing number of parishes...
A reflection on the readings of November 26, 2023 — The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe The feast of Christ the King was introduced by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in the encyclical Quas Primas...
A reflection on the readings of Sunday, November 19, 2023 — The thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Speaking as a husband and father, I think St. Paul’s use of the image of labor pains coming upon a pregnant woman is...
A reflection on the Readings for Sunday, November 12 — The Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Every time we are going to start something—a new project, a rehearsal, a new chapter—it always requires of us that we prepare properly to...
A reflection on the scripture readings of November 5, 2023, the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. The audio, when available, will be posted here. It is not the easiest of times to be a Catholic priest. On the one hand,...
Reflection on the readings of October 29, 2023, the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Friends, in the past couple of years, Catholic media has been agog with anything newsworthy about Pope Francis. Some have reported correctly and have sought to...
In today’s gospel reading, Matthew recounts an attempt by the Pharisees to force Jesus into a no-win situation. They ask him, “Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?” (Mt 22:17). Their ulterior motive was obvious...
A reflection on the scripture readings for Sunday, August 22, 2023 — the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time I want to reflect on a simple quote from St. Augustine of Hippo regarding today’s gospel reading: “We are God’s money. But...
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