Here is a link to the readings for this weekend. Recently, I met a young Irishman and a young Englishman who are in the United States on an exchange program to coach soccer to our country’s youth. I always enjoy welcoming...
Here is a link to the readings for this weekend. Pentecost is the feast of unity. It is both historical, as, for example, when the Holy Spirit brought unity of understanding that transcended verbal confusion. It is also eschatological, portending the...
Here is a link to the readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Here is a link to the readings for Ascension Sunday (or Thursday in some places). When my mother was born, my grandmother was singing, “You are my sunshine.” That’s...
Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. With May crownings, rosary devotions, and liturgical celebrations, the month of May focuses our attention on Mary, the Theotόkos, the Mother of God. To reflect on Mary, though, is at once to reflect...
Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. On Friday, I was honored to be the sponsor for my goddaughter Kelsey's Confirmation. She took the name Michael, after St. Michael the Archangel, protector of police. We do have more than a...
Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. Today is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, a day chosen because it is also Good Shepherd Sunday. In the first reading, Peter mentions “a good deed done to a cripple.” This...
Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. Tomorrow is Marathon Monday in Boston. I’m not a marathon runner, nor do I aspire to be. When I was in high school I learned about Pheidippides, the runner who announced “Nike!” (that...
Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. Whenever today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles is proclaimed at Mass, I can’t help wondering whether the early followers of The Way would recognize today’s Christians. Let’s take an inventory. “The community...
Here is a link to the Easter Vigil Readings. Here is a link to the readings for Easter Day. From the time I was a kid, I loved magic. The best gift anyone could give me was a magic kit or a...
Here is a link to this week’s readings. Recently, I attended a community theater production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town. (It is being performed frequently this year in honor of its 80th anniversary.) In Act II, Mrs. Gibbs...
