Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Feb 15, 2025 | Meditations

At the heart of this Sunday’s readings is the teaching which Jesus gives us in the Beatitudes. This teaching can seem quite contradictory to us, because Jesus proclaims as blessed precisely those who do not seem at all blessed in the eyes of the world, and he gives a...

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Feb 8, 2025 | Meditations

This Sunday’s readings have a common theme running through them: the experience of a sinful person being called by God to do a particular task: Isaiah the prophet, Paul, “the least of the apostles,” and Simon Peter the fisherman. Each feels unworthy but comes to...

The Presentation of the Lord

by | Feb 1, 2025 | Meditations

What may look to an outsider like an insignificant event, the visit of a poor family to the Temple, bringing their newborn baby for a religious ceremony, is rather a most important moment in the history of salvation. For this reason, we celebrate the Presentation of...

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Jan 25, 2025 | Meditations

Today we repeat the heartwarming refrain of the Responsorial Psalm, “Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.” In today’s Liturgy, therefore, the Church invites us to ponder the meaning and importance of the Word of God for our lives. We take time to encounter the Word,...

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Jan 18, 2025 | Meditations

Today the readings speak of the goodness of God being shown and proclaimed, and of great deeds which reveal his glory. It is an act of love to tell others of God and to direct them to his care. St. Thomas Aquinas has a simple definition of love: “Willing the good of...

The Baptism of the Lord

by | Jan 11, 2025 | Meditations

The public ministry of Jesus Christ begins with his Baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, so it is most fitting and significant that the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord brings to a conclusion the Christmas Season and ushers in the Ordinary Time of the...