This week's Readings If there is one line that perfectly captures all three of Sunday's (Cycle C) readings, it's this: God has a very bad memory! In...
4th Sunday in Lent (March 10, 2013)
This week's Readings I can just imagine the scene in the Gospel (Cycle C). Jesus is eating with the tax collectors and sinners; He and his disciples...
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Feb. 10, 2013)
This week's Readings Well, maybe the third time will be the charm. For some reason, Word shut itself down, and I lost what I had written. The second...
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Feb. 3, 2013)
This week's Readings I've lost count of how many weddings I've witnessed where this weekend's Second Reading was chosen as part of the Liturgy of...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sept. 9, 2012)
Sunday's Gospel has always been special for me. It's the story of Jesus healing the deaf man, and since I have been deaf since age 7, I know what...
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sept. 2, 2012)
There's an undercurrent that runs through all three of Sunday's Scripture readings. Basically it's that words matter, but even more important is...
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 1, 2012)
Jesus' words to the synagogue official resonate throughout Sunday's Mass readings: "Do not be afraid ... just have faith." In this day and age,...
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (June 3, 2012)
Sunday's Solemnity of the Holy Trinity has an interesting history. As Fr. John Hardon points out in his Modern Catholic Dictionary, the origins of...
5th Sunday of Easter (May 6, 2012)
I was really drawn to one sentence in this weekend's Gospel: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much...