4 March 2017
4 March 2017 Saturday after Ash Wednesday The gospel today tells the story of Jesus eating with persons whom some would consider the wrong ...
3 March 2017
3 March 2017 Friday after Ash Wednesday Today is the first Friday of Lent as well as the First Friday of the month. Among those of us “of a ...
2 March 2017
2 March 2017 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Today’s first reading from Deuteronomy describes Moses’ conversation with the people of Israel ...
1 March 2017
1 March 2017 Ash Wednesday Those of us who have had the benefit of growing up with the consolation of the true faith, and I refer here to Irish ...
28 February 2017
28 February 2017 Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday. The day is special for me because I wrote my ...
27 February 2017
27 February 2017 Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s reading has many exegetes curious and most Americans worried. We have ...
26 February 2017
26 February 2017 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the great challenges of teaching college students is getting them to understand the ...
25 February 2017
25 February 2017 Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time The Young Messiah is a 2016 American biblical drama film based on the novel ...
24 February 2017
24 February 2017 Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time A few years ago, I met a Chinese student who was pursuing his graduate studies in ...
23 February 2017
23 February 2017 Memorial of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr Today is the feast of Saint Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna in the early second ...