“O” Antiphons Lead Us into Jesus’ Coming(s) Among Us
We are fortunate this year to have a full week between the Fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas. We have a ready-made opportunity to focus on the coming of the Word into the form of an innocent baby, as well as anticipate with longing and hope, Christ’s Second Coming at [...]
Advent Invitation
It is a little hard to believe that Advent is already upon us. The warm, sunny days of early November have been a gift from our Creator that we have all embraced, and yet the cool crispness of fall is what eases some of us into the coming of winter [...]
Humility
I was recently chatting with an old friend, and she expressed her frustration with a great deal of what’s going on in the world today. She said that she’s not surprised by anything anymore, and that it’s almost impossible to know what to do about “all of it.” I, too, [...]
Seeing What’s Right In Front Of Us
This Sunday’s Gospel is one of those passages that is hard to misinterpret and difficult to ignore. It is not a simple comparison; Jesus isn’t telling us this story to hold Lazarus, the poor man, up as all that is good, nor is he condemning the rich man as purely [...]
An Invitation
We may be tempted to feel complacent about today’s Gospel reading. After all, in today’s American society, haven’t we done away with the ranking and caste system that Jesus speaks about during the Sabbath dinner at the home of the Pharisee? We would especially want to believe this of our [...]
Nourishment
Many who know me know that I love to play with food. Not “playing” like my sons have a tendency to do, if left alone at the table with their dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets. I enjoy learning about food, how to prepare it, how it affects our health and our moods, [...]
David in the Desert: Worshipping God Always
The Psalm from today’s Mass, Psalm 63, holds a deeply personal message for me. This psalm of David, composed when he was in the dry and barren wilderness of Judah, is a particularly powerful reflection on the intimate relationship between God and worshipper — more specifically, between God and each [...]
The Most Holy Trinity
Pope Francis says that Holy Trinity Sunday calls us to live “one with the other,” to “welcome the beauty of the Gospel message” and to learn to ask forgiveness. Speaking to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Holy Trinity Sunday 2015, the Pope also spoke of the need [...]
Mercy in Grace
This has been a week of tremendous grace here at St. Peter’s. I will always be the first to acknowledge how very blessed I am to be a part of so many wondrous and sacred moments in the life of the church and in the lives of our parishioners. There [...]
Transfiguration
In the great literary stories, there is always a turning point. Likewise, we experience such moments in our own lives. There are for each of us, times when we are faced with choices, with decisions for ourselves and for others, that hold the potential to be forever life-altering. Today, in [...]
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