26th Sunday: Self-giving, self-emptying love
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus (Phil 6:14).
Two Sundays ago, when we celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation...
25th Sunday: The Kingdom of God
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. (Is 55:9)
The parable of the workers in the vineyard...
Women set the standards for relationships.
I have a secret shame and it’s called 19 Kids and Counting.
I’m a big fan of the show. There is something so intriguing about the...
The Presence-Prayers of Children
There’s been quite a bit of media coverage lately about kiddies at Mass. One parish’s idea had made the Facebook rounds a while back:...
23rd Sunday: Sacred liturgy and Catholic culture
O come, let us worship God and bow down, before the God who made us, for He is the Lord our God (Ps 95:6-7).
In what...
22nd Sunday: Embrace the Cross
If anyone wants to become my disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Mt 16:24)
As we continue our reading...
21st Sunday: You are the Christ
You are the Christ, the Son of the living God (Mt 16:16).
St. Peter’s statement of faith is the foundation of the Christian faith, just...
Kissing Death on the Lips
My husband’s granny passed away last week—suddenly, from a brain aneurism. She had her bath (she would be mortified I told you that) and...
20th Sunday: The sacrament of unity
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is 56:7).
The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in our hearing. The sacred...
18th Sunday: The medicine of immortality
Jesus saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. ... And all ate and were filled (Mt 14:...
