December 8, 2021
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38
Although I...Read more
December 5, 2021
Second Sunday of Advent Cycle C
Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6
I have been reading a lot of the Catholic...Read more
November 14, 2021
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32
Last year, when we were all...Read more
October 31, 2021
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28-34
The famous baseball player and manager Yogi...Read more
October 17, 2021
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45
For those of you who have never been to...Read more
September 26, 2021
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Numbers 11:25-29; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-48
An artist that was in the White...Read more
September 12, 2021
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Isaiah 50:4-9; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35
There is an ancient parable whose earliest known existence...Read more
August 29, 2021
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8; James 1:17-18, 21-22, 27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
This summer, my...Read more
August 15, 2021
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Revelations 11:19; 12:1-6, 10, 1 Corinthians 15:20-27, Luke 1:39-56
I never...Read more
July 25, 2021
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
2 Kings 4:42-44, Ephesians 4:1-6, John 6:1-15
In his 1987 novel The Bonfire of the...Read more