Sunday Readings

“Beloved, we are God’s children now.” When we hear these words proclaimed just three weeks before Mother’s Day we might want to take a minute to think … Read More

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89), a Jesuit priest-poet, was one of the great religious poets of the 19th century. In his poem “Peace,” he wrote: “piecemeal peace is … Read More

How are we to live as Christians in a post-Easter world? One possible answer can be found in the Book of Acts where we read that “[T]he … Read More

In his “Spiritual Exercises” St. Ignatius Loyola gives two bits of advice to the retreatant when the time comes for contemplating the resurrection. One should “be glad … Read More

It seems that every few days another high level political figure leaves the White House. People on one side of the political aisle refuse to approve anything … Read More

Do you have a bucket list? A friend told me he would like to see the Grand Canyon, the pyramids of Egypt, the Panama Canal before he … Read More

“In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the … Read More

The first reading this week tells of the Ten Commandments, given to the people in the desert after they escaped slavery in Egypt. During the desert sojourn … Read More

It had been a mountaintop experience. The dean had called Peg into his office and told her that she had placed first in her class and won … Read More

A Lenten prayer of the church: “Father, through our observance of Lent, help us to understand the meaning of your Son’s death and resurrection, and teach us … Read More