Christ is risen! We continue with our celebration of the resurrection of the Lord, still being in the midst of the holy 40 days between Easter and Ascension. This Sunday, however, we do not have one of the resurrection Gospels prescribed, but rather one that offers an important lesson about how to live in the [...]
[The following story is partly autobiographical and partly fictional. I hope it somehow helps address the question of the role of the Mother of God in assisting us on our way to a more intimate relationship to the Lord, especially if that relationship is hindered by fear or sin. Somehow, though, I think the answer [...]
Since I mentioned Nicodemus in my last post, I thought I’d look at that famous section from the third chapter of the Gospel of John a little more closely. Jesus says some important things there, and we ought to pay attention, even if some of them are a bit obscure. Nicodemus was a member of [...]
Chapter 13 of St Matthew’s Gospel contains a collection of Jesus’ parables as well as some teaching concerning the nature and reason for them. At the end of it all, Jesus asks his disciples: “Have you understood all this?” They immediately answer, “Yes,” even though it seems pretty clear as the Gospel continues that they [...]
I had the opportunity to go to the coast once again after Easter, to rest after the rigors of Lent and Holy Week, and to absorb some of the beauty and peace that only sitting seaside can offer. The usual suspects were there: the brown seabirds with red bills squeaking, and the white seabirds with [...]
Christ is risen! We continue to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus liturgically through the proclamation of the Gospel of one of his post-resurrection appearances (Jn. 20:19-31). We’re grateful that this account has been written down, so that we have a testimony of these miraculous events. But what is the real reason that we have the [...]
Christ is risen! All those happy faces I see tell me one thing, that you know those three joyful words we repeatedly say at this time: “Lent is over!”—no, I mean, “Christ is risen!” Anyway, it is a happy circumstance that we conclude the season of sorrow and fasting with the outbreak of joy and [...]
We are now poised, as it were, between the death and resurrection of Christ in our liturgical celebrations. We have celebrated the passion, death, and burial of Christ over the past couple days, and we find ourselves now approaching his tomb with the holy women. The Gospel for the evening vigil is actually one of [...]
We have now entered into the most sacred time of the liturgical year, and in a sense the most important time of our lives, for we are beginning to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of the incarnate Son of God. We are recalling, and liturgically re-living, the events that won for us deliverance from Hell and [...]
