Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians; Matthew 28:16-20 After 33 years the circle is complete.  The Son of God, who came down from heaven taking on our humble human form, returns in triumph to be reunited with his Father. Father and Son are once again perfectly united in heaven, as they had been for all eternity, but...
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Isaiah 42:1,4.6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17 Since the earliest days of the Church it has been the practice that we baptize infants into the faith.  In presenting a child for baptism, it is actually the parents of the child who are making the commitment to faith.  But children come into this world completely dependent...
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Isaiah 7: 10-14;  Romans 1: 1-7;  Matthew 1: 18-24 Isaiah the prophet tells the story of Ahaz who heard God but would not listen.   God told him to ask for a sign, but Ahaz would not ask because he knew that he should not put God to the test.  So, God, growing weary with...
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Isaiah 35:1-6,10;  James 5:7-10;  Matthew 11:2-11 John the Baptist, in prison and pondering his fate and the success of his message, appears to be having doubts.  John, the cousin of Jesus, who grew up with Jesus, knew that the time of the Messiah had come.  He knew well the message of hope proclaimed by...
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Deuteronomy 30: 10-14; Colossians 1: 15-20; Luke 10: 25-37 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself,” What does it mean to love God with our whole heart, soul, strength, and mind?  How...
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That is the sad truth of the reality of the sexual abuse cases in our Church. Men who were called by God to live holy lives, allowed their own personal brokenness to get in the way of their vocation. As a result many people were victimized. Furthermore, some of the bishops...
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Acts 10:3-4,37-42; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Luke 24:1-12 Alleluia!  He is Risen! He is risen, indeed!  Alleluia! This ancient greeting that Christians offered to one another on this day points to the importance of this great feast.  The resurrection of Jesus was so significant that it became a pivotal point of human history.  Historians began...
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Readings for Pentecost Sunday “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” In the beginning the Spirit of God hovered over the dark void of nothingness And God said,   “Let there be. . .” and from that time onward, the Spirit of God hovered over all of creation. God created the man and the woman out of the dust. ...
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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Twenty years ago, Marianne Wilson saw a need; thousands of people with critical illnesses were going hungry in her area of Southern California, and she just wasn’t going to stand for it. She began cooking healthy meals and delivering them to men, women and children dying from HIV/AIDS, cancer,...
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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time There is a certain fast-food company that sells hamburgers. In their advertising, they claim that their product has the ability to satisfy our cravings. In fact, several television ads depict their hamburger calling people up on the phone, ostensibly getting them to stop whatever it is they are doing...
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