Gen 9: 8-15 / PS 25: 2-5, 6-7, 8-9 / 1 Pt 3:18-22 / Mk 1:12-15 In the bible the dessert is a place of encounter with God. It was in the desert that God first revealed Himself to Moses in the burning bush, where God formed His people the Israelites into a… Continue reading 1st Sunday of Lent Year B
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
JB 7:1-4, 6-7 / PS 147: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 / 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 / MK 1:29-39 I dare say today’s first reading comes from the most depressing book in the bible. The book of Job narrates the story of the prophet Job, a just and loving man, who, lost everything overnight.… Continue reading 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
“While much of our pop culture presents us with cosmic battles between good and evil, this simply is not the case. Evil is nothing more than a lack of the good and as soon as goodness enters the good always wins. Evil is simply an absence of the good just as dark is the absence of light; and just as the moment light enters into a dark room, the darkness ceases to exist, so too the moment good enters into evil, the evil ceases to exist.”
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Jon 3:1-5,10 / Ps 22:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 / 1 Cor 7:29-31 / Mk 1:14-20 The invitation we just heard Jesus extend to His apostles, to come after Him, is addressed to each and every one of us. While we often think that our faith is complex and difficult, a book of rules to… Continue reading 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
1 Sam 3:3B-10,19 / Ps 40: 2,4,7-8,8-9,10 / 1 Cor 6:13C-15A, 17-20 / Jn 1:35-42 Last week I was sitting half asleep in the Delta Lounge at JFK watching planes take off and land, trying to stay awake so I wouldn’t miss my connecting flight to St. Louis. As I sat their a… Continue reading 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Feast of the Holy Family Year B
My brothers and sisters, today’s feast shows us that every family must imitate the Holy Family and remain focused on the goal of setting each other on the path to heaven despite the ups and downs of life. Despite the difficulties and changing needs of families the same goal remains for all of us; to accompany each other in love and self-sacrifice on our earthly pilgrimage to heaven.
3rd Sunday in Advent Year B
Is 61: 1-2A, 10-11 / Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 / 1 Thes 5: 16-24 / Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 I can’t believe how quickly time is flying. It seems like just yesterday we were beginning this season of Advent and now Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. I don’t know about you, but… Continue reading 3rd Sunday in Advent Year B
2nd Sunday in Advent Year B
IS 40: 1-5, 9-11 / PS 85: 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 / 2 Pt 8 – 14 / Mk 1:1-8 Today’s readings kind of appear to send a mixed message. In the first reading we hear “Comfort, give comfort to my people!” then in the second reading we hear “the heavens will pass with… Continue reading 2nd Sunday in Advent Year B
1st Sunday of Advent Year B
Is 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7 / PS 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 / 1 Cor 1:3-9 / MK 13:33-37 It’s that time of year again where we seem to be running from one place to the other, getting our Christmas shopping done, meeting with old friends and making new ones, and perhaps most stressful of all… Continue reading 1st Sunday of Advent Year B
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
PRV 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 / PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 / 1 Thes 5:1-6 / MT 25:15-30 One day Satan summoned three demons before him for a challenge. He asked each of them how they would tempt men to hell. The first said, “I will tell them that there I no heaven.” The devil… Continue reading 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Through The Cross To Light 