Solemnity of All Saints

by | Oct 31, 2022 | Meditations

Sunday’s readings taught us the importance of being merciful as the Lord has been merciful to us. Mercy, however, extends beyond what we can do for one another in this life; it extends beyond this world. Therefore, to use an example from Sunday’s Gospel, although the...

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Oct 29, 2022 | Meditations

The God who reveals himself to us, in whom we believe and whom we worship, is a God of mercy. He is a God who created us out of love, and who reaches out to us in mercy in order to share with us the eternal and rich glories he has promised that the saints will inherit...

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Oct 22, 2022 | Meditations

Our readings today highlight two important virtues: humility and poverty. But even if they are important in our spiritual life, they are certainly unpopular in the world. They are an affront to modern culture’s relentless self-promotion and craving for material...

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

by | Oct 15, 2022 | Meditations

The last line of today’s Gospel is a disturbing question to ponder: “when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Before this line, the Gospel concerns what we want from God. The widow in Jesus’ parable clearly represents all of us, as we bring our...

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by | Oct 8, 2022 | Meditations

All of today’s readings call us to a renewal of faith, and to live our faith in a spirit of true thanksgiving. The Gospel tells of Jesus’ healing of ten lepers who cry out to him for mercy. They stand at a distance because that is what the Law requires, but because...