4 December 2014
4 December 2014 Thursday of the First Week of Lent Building projects begin with a foundation, as today’s gospel reminds us. Frequently, passing ...
3 December 2014
3 December 2014 Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest Ignatius’ admonition to make a composition of place, that is, imagine what a scene ...
2 December 2014
2 December 2014 Tuesday of the First Week of Advent The first reading from the prophet Isaiah describes a time of peace and a reconciliation of ...
1 December 2014
1 December 2014 Memorial of St. Edmund Campion, Martyr Today’s first reading recounts the famous prophecy of that time of peace when the swords ...
30 November 2014
30 November 2014 First Sunday of Advent A television program on the universe included a demonstration of its incredible size. One cluster of ...
29 November 2014
29 November 2014 Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time In March of 2000, Pope John Paul II granted the Archdiocese of New York ...
28 November 2014
28 November 2014 Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Today is Black Friday, the day when millions of Americans head to the mall, ...
27 November 2014
27 November 2014 Thanksgiving Day When I was studying philosophy as part of my Jesuit formation, I found that philosophy is not an easy ...
26 November 2014
26 November 2014 Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Raissa Maritain was a Jew born Russian who grew up in France. While ...
25 November 2014
25 November 2014 Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time One of my Jesuit mentors says a good teacher is someone who leads us to ask ...