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Today in the Gospel, disciples are sent from John the Baptist to ask Jesus if he is “the one … or should we look for another?” Jesus says yes he is, because he is doing that work which Psalm 146, our responsorial psalm, speaks about: The Lord … gives food…
In college, I majored in Religious Studies, worked for campus ministry and led almost every retreat for my high school and college that I possibly could. I attended daily Mass and lived in a Christian community on campus. So it was probably no surprise to my peers when I chose…
We meet our familiar Advent character, John the Baptist, in today’s Gospel. He is “a voice of one crying out in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.” The original source of those words is Isaiah, a prophet who reassured Jewish exiles that God would…
Action and urgency pervade our liturgy on this first Sunday of Advent. Grant your faithful, we pray almighty God, the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ … (opening prayer); Come, let us climb the LORD’S mountain … (first reading); We will go up to the house of the…
Most Catholics have heard of the Franciscans, Dominicans and Benedictines. The Franciscans work for the poor and the Dominicans are preachers. Benedictines are known for their contributions to liturgy. Fewer Catholics have heard of “Precious Blood Spirituality” and even less know what it means. A year ago, I introduced our…
Today we end Year C of our lectionary, the year when we have heard the Gospel of Luke read on many Sundays. Today we hear part of Luke’s passion account. Jesus is on the cross, speaking with the criminals being crucified on either side of him. It is a suffering…
In today’s Gospel, Jesus is talking to his disciples about the times they are living in, and what might be coming. They ask him, “What sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?” Before today’s young adults were born, Pope Saint John XXIII called Vatican Council…
There is an anecdote about Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. He was the Jesuit paleontologist and mystic (1881-1955) whose writings are the foundation of Catholic process theology. Teilhard was a stretcher bearer in the trenches of World War I. The story goes that someone there with him asked if he was…
As we remember those who have gone before us and leaving us their example, I keep thinking that all of us are “on our way.” Just recently I attended a national conference which had as its thrust, “missionary discipleship.” For me these two themes fit together for several reasons. Since…
Today we hear the familiar story of Zacchaeus, the man in the tree. Our lectionary skips the preceding and contrasting story about the wealthy official who, unlike Zacchaeus, cannot give to the poor in order to follow Jesus. So clearly Zacchaeus, who is wealthy, has the internal freedom to give…
