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...

Seasonal Introduction to Ordinary Time

by | Jan 10, 2025 | Seasonal Introductions

Beginning today, the day after the Baptism of the Lord, until Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (January 13 – March 4), we enter into the first part of what is called Ordinary Time. In Advent we pondered the dark, chaotic condition of man before the birth of Jesus. During...