March 11, 2025
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” (Matthew 6:7-8) How can we pray without using many words? After years of companionship, two good friends, united in daily […]
March 10, 2025
Now is the day of salvation, brothers and sisters. And yet the age-old question remains, “How do we gain salvation?” We do not gain salvation on our own – it is only in Jesus Christ that salvation can be ours! This seems to be one of the most challenging things to answer on our journey […]
March 9, 2025
1st Sunday of Lent Taking his first steps out of the desert, Jesus was confronted by the dark energy against which he was appointed to battle. “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” Here’s the temptation. Jesus’ mission was directed to the human heart. His miracles and healings got […]
March 8, 2025
As we begin this Lent, are we tempted to think it’s “just another Lent?” Or is our Lord calling us to a more profound 40 days? Isaiah challenges us to turn away from sin’s darkness into the radiant promise of the light of Christ. I’m drawn to the sentiment, “If you call the sabbath a […]
March 7, 2025
A few days ago, we began our Lenten journey. We are given forty days to prepare for our celebration of Jesus’s passion, death, and resurrection. I am sure that you have already planned how you will pray, do penance, and give alms. May I suggest another path that you might add to your Lenten practices? […]
March 6, 2025
Our readings today are about choices and their consequences. But they focus on the one choice that is more important than any other choice we make in life—will we choose to be in the love relationship that God has already committed to with us? In our first reading for today from the Book of Deuteronomy, […]
March 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday Return to the LORD, your God, for gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment. Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing. All the readings today are rich in meaning for this important season. The gospel faces us with the three key […]
March 4, 2025
The Church gives us a vestibule to enter into Lent every year. Most Catholic Christian Eastern Rites began yesterday on Monday, while the Roman Rite begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday. Our readings are a preparatory piece for beginning the holy season of Lent. Sirach offers a reminder to follow the law of the Lord, especially […]
March 3, 2025
For human beings, it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God. Who knows our hearts better than Jesus himself? The Gospel of Mark (10:17-27) tells us of the rich young man who approached Jesus, yearning for eternal life. He had followed the commandments and lived a righteous life, yet his […]
March 2, 2025
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Talking to his disciples, Jesus said, “Can a blind person guide a blind person?” and a bit later, he asked, “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye but do not recognize the beam in your own?” Over the years, we have all heard the usual answers to […]