The solemnity of St John the Baptist is a prelude to the Lukan readings about to unfold in the remainder of Ordinary Time John the Baptist wears a multicolored coat in the New Testament He is a wild desert preacher dressed only in camel skin and eating locusts and wild honey who inaugurates a wi

Homilists often cringe when faced with the prospect of preaching on Trinity Sunday It is the only feast that seems to be named after a doctrine and many of a certain generation were taught that it was a mysterium stricte dictum that is totally beyond human comprehension and expressible only thro

Dating from the Middle Ages this feast seems to duplicate the liturgy of Holy Thursday but also looks forward to the weekly eucharistic celebrations of ordinary time It is often celebrated with a festive procession which can symbolize our need for the Eucharist in our own pilgrimage Three themes

Beginning in January 1977 the nation was captivated by the moving drama ldquo Roots rdquo which told of the origin and earliest days of an African-American family It enabled people to see their African-American brothers and sisters in a new light as a people with a noble heritage who had underg

For almost four years Tuesdays With Morrie has appeared on the best-seller list of The New York Times It is a moving account by Mitch Albom of conversations with his dying mentor Morrie Schwartz who had earlier taught a course on ldquo The Meaning of Life rdquo and now unfolded even deeper mean

During the Easter season the readings celebrate the joy of the resurrection which culminates at Pentecost with the enduring gift of the Holy Spirit The readings from Acts recount the Spirit-directed spread of the Gospel and the almost idyllic life of the early church even amid suffering and perse