5 December 2025
Friday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah was a poet. The 1st reading shows it. Poets have a way of exasperating unimaginative, realistic ...
4 December 2025
Thursday of the First Week of Advent The lesson in today’s Gospel could be a shocker. Saying prayers is no guarantee to get to heaven. ...
3 December 2025
Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest Today’s Gospel describes crowds of people gathered about Jesus to learn his teaching. By his example ...
2 December 2025
Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah, in the 1st reading of today’s mass, gives a description of the future messiah, First. His military ...
1 December 2025
Monday of the First Week of Advent Let’s take a look at the centurion in today’s Gospel. He approaches Jesus and asks him with ...
30 November 2025
First Sunday of Advent “Be vigilant.” What does that mean in ordinary English? Get ready to act. No? Christmas is coming.
29 November 2025
Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Today Jesus warns against our hearts becoming drowsy from carousing, drunkenness, and ...
28 November 2025
Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Seasons come and go. For us in the northern hemisphere, we are well into fall, and trees ...
27 November 2025
Thanksgiving Day It is said that gratitude is an act of memory. Remembering who we were, how we were before receiving the gift leads the soul ...
26 November 2025
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time “By your perseverance you will secure your lives,” says Jesus. Grit, perseverance, ...