Sunday Readings

Just as we can see the Last Supper at each Mass, we see the Divine Mercy resurrection story in each confession.

Jesus gives us a harsh warning followed by hard comfort in the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year C. Nonetheless, it is real comfort, comfort for the long haul of the rest of Lent ahead, and for the rest of life ahead. Jesus is saying more than you

To see the glory of God that awaits, always, just behind this material world, stay close to Mary and the Church.

Satan enslaves the world by promising comfort, power and glory, in this life, on his terms. Jesus delivers on the promise by giving us providence, self-control, and glory on God’s terms.

The readings for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday point directly at our Lenten goal of Easter renewal and at the obstacles that stand in our way: pride, vanity, and sensuality.

Jesus changes our identity to fulfill our greatest dreams. The alternative is a nightmare.

We have tried to welcome his forgiveness while rejecting repentance. That will not work, he says.

Loving God with everything in me seems impossible. But then I remember falling in love with April Beingessner ...

We can learn a lot about our own politics from the way Christ faces a trap set by the pro-tax Herodians and the anti-tax Pharisees.

The readings try to reassure us that Christian life is not drudgery and heaven is not tedious.

We all have neighbors who are in the thrall of great evil. Do we bring this to Jesus urgently, insistently, refusing to take No for an answer?

Our faith may not have the excitement and novelty of the latest intellectual fad, but fidelity to it moves mountains