The Annunciation of the Lord

Submission. In our world today, where pride, power, individualism, and autonomy dominate the cultural landscape, the word submission sounds so negative. It connotes weakness and failure. Only losers submit, and only because they are forced to. Today’s feast, the...

Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today we celebrate a man who is both a true son of Abraham and a true son of David, St. Joseph, the Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Joseph’s quiet humility and obedient faith do not attract much attention, so he is often overlooked. As we ponder his life, however,...

The Marriage of Joseph and Mary

In the Jewish tradition, the joyful celebration of marriage lasted for one full week. This tradition is reflected in the one-week period which connects the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 19) with the Solemnity of the Annunciation...

Fourth Sunday of Lent

As we progress through the Lenten season towards Holy Week, we are given a Gospel that reveals the spiritual progress of a man blind from birth. The account begins with Jesus and the disciples seeing this man and discussing his situation of blindness. Blindness, like...

Third Sunday of Lent

In this Season of Lent, we have gone into the “desert” with Jesus, leaving “Egypt,” which can symbolize our slavery to the ways of the world. Now that we have been journeying for two and a half weeks, we might begin to feel like the Israelites in the first reading....