4 December 2015
4 December 2015 Memorial of St. John Damascene, Bishop and Doctor We don’t have to look hard to find reasons to despair. When Isaiah wrote the ...
3 December 2015
3 December 2015 Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, priest Today’s gospel is an adventure. In the gospel for the Feast of Francis Xavier, we hear ...
2 December 2015
2 December 2015 Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Jesus is no cheap parlor magician. A cheap parlor magician shows off his tricks so that ...
1 December 2015
1 December 2015 Memorial of Ss. Edmund Campion, Robert Southwell, and Companions, martyrs “True friends stab you in the front.” Oscar Wilde’s ...
30 November 2015
30 November 2015 Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle Discipleship can feel a little bit like playing dress-up. When I was little, I had costumes that ...
29 November 2015
29 November 2015 First Sunday of Advent Today’s readings are odd choices for the first day of a new calendar. The First Sunday of Advent is the ...
28 November 2015
28 November 2015 Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Today Jesus tells us to be ready or, as Peter says in one of his epistles, ...
27 November 2015
27 November 2015 Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Do not be afraid. How often are we told this throughout Scripture? Even in ...
26 November 2015
26 November 2015 Memorial of Saint John Berchmans, SJ Thanksgiving Day (USA) As Christians, we have been given so much. We have been given ...
25 November 2015
25 November 2015 Memorial of Saint Catherine of Alexandria The end of the world is one thing, but what about today? This week’s focus on the ...