Job asks, “Is not our life on earth a drudgery? Are not our days those of a hireling? We are slaves who long for the shade -- laborers who...
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B (Jan. 24, 2021)
Our readings today are about sudden drastic changes in peoples’ lives. Jonah’s mission to the Ninevites has hardly gotten under way,...
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B (Jan. 17, 2021)
Many years ago, when I was still a seminarian, I took a walk through a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, with a priest of my order. As we walked...
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (Jan. 6, 2020)
One of the most remarkable people I met while teaching theology in East Africa in the late 1980s was Bishop Serapio Bwemi Magambo, of the Diocese of...
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Dec. 27, 2020)
In James Joyce’s autobiographical novel, A Portrait of the Artist asa Young Man, young Stephen Dedalus decides that in order to succeed as an...
Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord (Dec. 24, 2020)
Merry Christmas, children! Yes, this is a Christmas podcast for children, so today I’m talking to you. The grown-ups can listen if they want...
Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle B (Dec. 20, 2020)
Advent begins very distinctively. All our attention is focused on the lighting of a single candle, in a wreath of pine branches, in the stillness of...
Third Sunday of Advent, Cycle B (Dec. 13, 2020)
This, the Third Sunday of Advent, is Gaudete Sunday. “Gaudete” means, “rejoice.” Gaudete Sunday dates back to the time when...
Second Sunday of Advent, Cycle B (Dec. 6. 2020)
Life can be pretty scary sometimes. In the course of an ordinary human life, a person sees some frightening things. But I’d like to suggest...