“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown...
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
We have grown so familiar with the idea of the Incarnation of Christ, that we no longer appreciate what an astonishing concept it is. In the...
Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle A (Dec. 22, 2019)
In the family tree that immediately precedes today’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel, David and Bathsheba are listed among the ancestors...
A Q&A with Rev. Mike DeLaney, C.S.C.
At the end of this year, Fr. Mike DeLaney, C.S.C., will transition from his role as Director of the Holy Cross Mission Center and move to Montreal,...
Third Sunday of Advent, Cycle A (Dec. 15, 2019)
I used to volunteer at a homeless shelter that had been run for many years by an Evangelical Protestant church. Every evening, the residents of the...
Second Sunday of Advent, Cycle C (Dec. 8, 2019)
I was once on the staff of an undergraduate men’s residence hall at another university. It was rewarding work, but there were some aspects of...
First Sunday of Advent, Cycle C (Dec. 1, 2019)
For years, my friend Father Rafael lived at a missionary institute in England. Amongst his other responsibilities, he was in charge of finances....
Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C (Nov. 24, 2019)
When I was an undergraduate, I took a course called “Introduction to English Literature,” from a professor who believed in starting at...
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C (Nov. 17, 2019)
Imagine that you are a dancer in an internationally acclaimed ballet company. (If I can imagine it, I’m sure you can.) The company is in the...