Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
Peace and all Good! Our celebration of Christmas continues today in this lovely Feast of the Holy Family. Among the many insights provided about the Holy Family in Matthew’s Gospel is that their family life was filled with tensions and unexpected turns. In this way, the Holy Family is a role model of faith in Read More
Peace and all Good! As we gather on this Fourth Sunday of Advent, our minds and hearts are focused on the coming celebration of Christmas. As we end Advent, we begin to hear of the events surrounding the birth of Christ: the reason for the Season. Isaiah reminds us of the promise once made to Read More
Dear Friends: Peace and all Good! Today is “Gaudete Sunday”! Like the Fourth Sunday of Lent, today is one of joy in the midst of our spiritual preparations for Christmas. It is traditionally called Gaudete Sunday, from the Latin of the Entrance Antiphon for today. “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say rejoice. Indeed, Read More
Peace and all Good! On this Second Sunday of Advent, we are once again inspired by Isaiah who presents us with a vision of a world of peace and justice. “Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.” And he goes on to give a vision of a Read More
Peace and all Good! The first Sunday of Advent, with which we begin this liturgical year, has a very similar tone to the final Sundays of the previous liturgical year. We have finished the previous year in the expectant tone of Christ’s return, which is like the climax of the whole work of redemption. We Read More
With this beautiful Solemnity of Christ the King, we bring our liturgical year to a close. However, today’s feast transforms our image of Christ the King—what makes him “kingly.” Rather than calling up images of Jesus Christ dressed in royal purple, the Gospel proclaims it is the sign over his head on the throne of Read More
Dear Friends, Peace and all Good! As we near our new liturgical year of Advent, the Church presents us with a narrative of the end times. Speculation about the end-time has been around for a long time. When will it happen? What signs will precede it? People have always wanted certainty about it. In today’s Read More
What is heaven like? How many times we have asked that question, as children and adults. As children, we are just curious, but then as adults, we get more serious about this, especially when someone we love dies. What happens in heaven? What will we look like? Will the others we knew on earth be Read More
Our Gospel today tells the story of Zacchaeus, the tax collector turned saint! In Jesus’ day tax collectors were a despised lot. They worked for the Romans, the Gentile power who ruled their land. Tax collectors would supplement their income with a surcharge. This despised man was so eager to see Jesus that he climbed Read More
Today’s Gospel reading is the account of the Pharisee and the tax collector who both go up to the temple to pray. The difference in their prayer is striking. Reread this passage and note the difference not only in their words but in their attitudes. The prayer of the tax collector is every believer’s prayer: Read More
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