May 27, 2023

In our first Scripture reading today, the Acts of the Apostles relates that Saint Paul is under house arrest in Rome and is still preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all who would listen. The hope of Israel that Saint Paul speaks of is the resurrection of the dead. Saint Paul realizes that the […]

May 26, 2023

Memorial of Saint Philip Neri It is said of Saint Philip Neri that he was a very gregarious man of great humor and gentleness and known for bringing out the best in others. Apparently, he was great at engaging strangers on the streets in conversation and preferred to call those who gathered around him to […]

May 25, 2023

A Man Speaks The man on the corner street shouts to us to repent. On a certain date, the world will end. Well, he is partially correct. Not everyone can hear him or want to listen to him. City traffic, crowded streets, and people talking on their phones drown out the shouting man on the […]

May 24, 2023

Our Risen Lord prays for all of his followers (and for us) and commends everyone to his Father. Jesus protected and guarded them and lost none except Judas, the betrayer. As the weekday readings for the Easter season from John’s Gospel continue, Jesus teaches us that we who have heard his word are neither made […]

May 23, 2023

Paul realized his mission and leadership when he was serving the churches around the basin of the Mediterranean. He knew he worked hard for Christ and that all his work was for Christ and God’s plan. His “farewell tour” and speeches remind us, too, of our role in keeping faithful to the authority of Christ […]

May 22, 2023

Optional Memorial of Saint Rita of Cascia The Gospel passage from John 16 proclaims, “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give you. . . .[because] you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God.” in the opening words of […]

May 21, 2023

7th Sunday of Easter [In the Archdioceses and Dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia, the Ascension of the Lord always falls on Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter and is a holy day of obligation, however in most Archdioceses and Dioceses, the Solemnity of the Ascension […]

May 20, 2023

“The more you know, the more you know, you don’t know.” (Aristotle) “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” (Einstein) “Hire a teenager today, while they still know everything.” (a bumper sticker I once saw) As a person in my fifties, I find myself at an interesting point. I […]

May 19, 2023

What does this mean that he is saying to us, “A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,” and “because I am going to the Father?” This is one of the puzzling statements that Jesus made that baffled the disciples until Jesus gave the […]

May 18, 2023

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord [In the Archdioceses and Dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia, the Ascension of the Lord always falls on Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter and is a holy day of obligation, however in most Archdioceses and Dioceses, the Solemnity […]