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Our January 8th Gospel is the story of the three “magi” or three “kings.” This story is from Matthew’s infancy narrative. Infancy narratives are teaching stories that serve as introductions to themes of the main Gospel which follows. A major theme in Matthew’s Gospel is the conflict between good and…
In the lectionary, the church’s schedule of readings, the Gospel for the Christmas Mass at Dawn and the one for today are the same — the shepherds arriving at the manger. But today one extra verse is added — Luke 2:21. It tells about Jesus receiving his name — the…
In parishes, it is challenging to preach about the family on this feast day. In the pews are many people not living in families like the one that Jesus grew up in, the traditional nuclear family. But notice, the nuclear family is not the family that Jesus held up to…
Once, at this time of year, a group of young kids from a housing project was visiting with me. I asked them what their Christmas was going to be like, and then I asked them a follow-up question: Why do we have Christmas? None of their families were churched, and…
Each year our lectionary presents a Gospel about Mary on the fourth Sunday of Advent, a Gospel about her response to her call and acceptance of her role in salvation history. Notice that Jesus is named twice in this year’s account from Matthew: “… You are to name him Jesus,…
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…