Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Feb 9, 2019 | 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...

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Feb 2, 2019 | Meditations

The call of a prophet comes purely from God’s free initiative. For his own purposes and glory, God calls and commissions. This is what he tells the prophet Jeremiah in today’s first reading: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated...

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Jan 26, 2019 | Meditations

Today we repeat the heartwarming refrain of the Responsorial Psalm, “Your words, Lord, are Spirt 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 19, 2019 | 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...

Baptism of the Lord

by | Jan 12, 2019 | 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...