Isaiah 55:1-3 Romans 8:35,37-39 Matthew 14:13-21 Let us gather around the food, Let us go bearing the bread, carrying the cup, Laying the table for a hungry world. Nearly 50 years ago, Archbishop Oscar Romero wrote, “A church that doesn’t…
The Trinity: Father, Son and Spirit, one God, three persons. Nobody understands what that really means. We proclaim it as a truth, but there is no way to capture all of God. Many have had this experience: Most evenings my…
Exodus 17:3-7 Ps.95 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 Today’s Gospel does not begin with the Baptism of Jesus, but I would like to, because today’s Gospel story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well is a remembrance of…
Isaiah 7:10-14 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-24 Put on your reading glasses and take another look at the Scriptures for today. You will see how early in content they are in the various books of Scripture. Isaiah, Paul and Matthew’s words…
Sirach 35: 12 Paul to Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18 Luke 18: 9-14 Luke was a master storyteller. When reading today’s Gospel, remember that the setting for the dialogue was the temple – for some a place of prayer and learning,…
Luke 14: 25-33 “Anyone of you who does not renounce all possessions cannot be my disciple.” Today’s Gospel is not the one for Ascension Thursday but it reminded me of Sister Helen Jean’s words to us one morning in June…
We began this Eucharist with a hymn focusing on the Holy Spirit, one that speaks deeply to our faith in the transformative power of the Spirit, reminding us of how the Spirit works within us to change hearts, minds and…
Isaiah 43: 16-21 Phil. 3: 8-14 John 8:1-11 “Being forgiven by someone is nothing short of an amazing grace.“ In today’s readings we hear from the prophets Isaiah and Paul and from Jesus, the source of divine revelation. All reveal…
The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe. Joanna Macy All the children in our time who are starving or dying from pneumonia, or any disease, belong to God and not to economic dictators from a country that…
Sam.26:7-23 6:27-38 A drawing in the Missalette for this Sunday has Jesus speaking to the disciples. Jesus has his hand raised pointing at them as if to say, “I have a message for you, and you had better listen.” In…
“During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country, in haste, to a town of Judah, where she entered the house and greeted Elizabeth.” We have all entered the “hill country,” whether it be a hike in…
As I read the readings for today, especially the Gospel’s story of preparing for the end times, I kept looking for a word of hope. It is there if you read between the lines and don’t get lost in the…