Sunday Readings

In his Sunday’s Gospel (the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A), Jesus short-circuits a clever trap by the Pharisees. They want him to declare himself pro-tax and thereby get in trouble with the Jews, or anti-tax and thereby get in trouble with the Romans. Instead, he utters the famous

The Eucharist is a rich and abundant feast, to which the proper response is “I am not worthy.”

Without God, we have no reason for hope. With him, we have no reason to worry.

Jesus brilliantly answers our fundamental questions — secular and religious — in his parables.

First comes the Holy Spirit, the quiet dew. Then comes the power of God’s word; and then, like the manna, Jesus is there.

This extended Pentecost Vigil is filled with high drama.

His shepherd qualities are well known ... but more important are the ways he was not like a shepherd at all.

This Sunday’s Gospel (Third Sunday of Easter, Year A) tells the story about the appearance of Jesus on the road to Emmaus. This appearance is a model of our own way of meeting Jesus, for several reasons. 1: It is an encounter with “ordinary people.” In many of the Resurrection

“My son, once a priest, always a priest. We are all beggars,” said the Pope.

We hear the consequences of Easter all year long, but it might be helpful to zero in on three of them, just as a quick refresher. http://www.thegregorian.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/abbey-easter.jpg

To understand the power of this Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, we have to understand the tragedy of sin in our life. After all, if sin is not a big deal, then neither is mercy. When we sin, we offend God. When he has mercy on us, he does not simply

As the new year — and ordinary time — begins in earnest (Sunday is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C), the liturgy gives us a month of beginnings. Christmas is over; soon will come Lent and sacrifice. But in between, throughout January, the Church draws our attention to