Wilderness Dwellers
Sometimes I think that the circumstances that we hear about in the Bible are simply lost on us because we weren’t there. The atmosphere and history of a…
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What the Baptist can teach us about Joy
Readings for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, December 13, 2015 On the third Sunday of Advent, the penitential purple of the season changes to rose and we celebrate…
Sanctum Sanctorum
Here’s a fun bit of drawing and reading from Catechism class about the Holy of Holies* in Solomon’s temple: “The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide,…
Advent: The Season of Hope
Readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Dec 6, 2015 Faith, hope, and love. St. Paul, in I Corinthians 13:13, say these three are the bottom line. They…
Someone’s Gotta Be Sent
Today’s First Reading for the Feast of the Apostle Andrew captures the passion of St. Paul and glorious victory we have in Jesus Christ’s salvation won for us!…
Advent: The Reason for the Season
Sunday Readings for Nov 29, the 1st Sunday of Advent “Advent” is simply the Latin word for “coming.” If we can manage to meditate on any “coming” in…
Semen est sanguis Christianorum – “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him;…
Black Friday thoughts on greed
…Their hearts are trained to be greedy… 2nd Peter 2:14 (GNT) Greed is something we learn, maybe without even realizing it. While there’s nothing wrong with wanting or…
Christ the King
Sunday Readings for Nov 22, the 34rd Sunday in Ordinary Time From the dawn of civilization, kings have arisen who have dreamed of possessing a world-wide dominion, a…
Does the Bible Inspire Your Pastoral Work?
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has dubbed this week “National Bible Week” in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on…