August 11, 2024, the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: As a motif throughout Scripture, a sense of feeling wronged is always present, and God appears to be just around the corner from every single instance of complaint.
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Nourish Your Soul: Prayer, Interpretation and Christ
August 4, 2024, the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: It is noteworthy that Ignatius sees what today’s Gospel also points out: God is the one who labors; God nourishes; and the community of faith is invited to trust in that reality.
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Resisting the Perennial Mindset That ‘It’s Never Enough’
July 28, 2024, the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Last Sunday the Eucharistic Congress “fed” the vast crowds with Eucharistic devotion, prayer and a series of presentations that aimed to spark revival.
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The National Eucharistic Congress: A Matter for the Heart
July 21, 2024, the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Today’s celebration for the National Eucharistic Congress would do well to maintain a close connection between the sentiment of revival of eucharistic devotion and the movement of Jesus’ own heart.
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Seeing and hearing through the lens of faith
July 14, 2024, the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: How does one carry out the intentions of the “One” called Jesus? How can anyone really know the divine will?
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Resisting the Kind of Familiarity That Breeds Contempt
July 7, 2024, the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Does Jesus have the credentials to lead the people of Galilee? Each of the next three Sundays provides a different response and reflection.
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How the Smallest Gestures Can Reach the Horizons of Faith
June 30, 2024, the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Some episodes in Scripture are more than ordinarily relatable to our lived experience.
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Being Able to Rest and Care About the World
June 23, 2024, the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s Gospel passage, recounting Jesus’ calming of the sea, evokes three biblical motifs: storms, the terror of sailors at sea and the theme of sleep.
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Responding to the presence of God in the smallest of seeds
June 16, 2024, the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: From beginning to end, the Bible is filled with images of flourishing trees that symbolize the kingdom of God.
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The restorative goodness of doing God’s will
June 9, 2024, the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:Today’s readings explore morality and faith, but their background comes from a society oriented around the pursuit of honor, the avoidance of shame and the need for kinship.