Thursday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Rm 8:26-30Lk 13:31-35 With God on our side, who can be against us? As I started to read the scriptures for today, this phrase immediately jumped out, and I felt a sense of comfort and reassurance that God will be with me -- always. That He will always... Continue Reading →
2 September, Tuesday — Through the darkness
Tuesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Ths 5:1-6,9-11Lk 4:31-37 …we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober. I once belonged to the night and darkness. Losing someone you love does that. I was in... Continue Reading →
12 April, Saturday — The Gift and Sacrifice
Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent Eze 37:21-28Jn 11:45-56 …Jesus was to die for the nation -- and not for the nation only, but to gather together in unity the scattered children of God. My son has a children’s book that explains why Jesus came into the world, and in the story, the mother... Continue Reading →
11 March, Monday — Simple Faith, A Faith Beyond Crisis
Monday of the 4th Week of Lent Isa 65:17-21Jn 4:43-54 “So you will not believe unless you see signs and portents!” It is usually easy to take someone familiar for granted. Whether it be a long time friend, family or relative. It is as the gospel reading tells us today: For Jesus himself testified that... Continue Reading →
17 December, Sunday — Be the Bearer of Light
3rd Sunday of Advent Isa 61:1-2,10-111 Ths 5:16-24Jn 1:6-8,19-28 He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe through him. Another Advent season, another year passes. So much has happened, and time has passed by so quickly. Yet as we stand at the close of another... Continue Reading →