BE PREPARED – 1 st  Sunday of Advent, Year A             People can and do undergo sudden changes in their personal lives. The circumstances and conditions of life can change for the better or for the worse. Sudden deaths, accidents, good fortune, new experiences, new graces, new growth and new life do happen. While some things in life seem to remain the same, most things that are alive are changing. There is truth in the saying that change is the only thing constant. Constan

The First Sunday of Advent

Christ the King

CHRIST OUR KING – Feast of Christ the King, Year C             Everyone serves some kind of king or ruler. Some establish themselves as their king and become their own servants meeting their own needs. Some make their nation, their president, their company, their work their king. Some allow some addiction, some sin to be their ruler. Money is the king many serve. In the service of their king there is nothing some won’t do. Some make their possessions their king/ruler, and all

END TIMES – 33 rd  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             The movement from the Industrial age to the Information age, and a smaller world due to communications and technology, has brought a renewed and increased interest in the teachings of the Scriptures about the end time events of the Lord’s return, and the end of the ages. Each year the Church presents the end time teachings at the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of the new one. “Christ has died, is risen,

Dedication of John Lateran

All Soul Day

TIME AND ETERNITY – Feast of All Souls, Year C             What we do in time, what we experience in time, who we spend our time with, affects our eternity. The non-renewable resource of time is a gift from God. What we do with our earthly time is a gift back to God. Whatever time we have lived thus far can never be repeated. Being time conscious without being anxious makes sense. God works in time. We too need to be about the important work of building our relationship with

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

HUMBLE OR SELF RIGHTEOUS? – 30 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Have you ever wondered how the Lord sees you? Would you rather be seen by the Lord as a powerless sinner trusting in God’s mercy, or a proud self-righteous person placing faith in your own power to save yourself by being able to keep the law and do a lot of good works? Jesus’ descriptions of the two men in the temple praying can help us in our description of ourselves before the Lord.             The

PERSEVERE AND PERSIST – 29 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Success stories are often about persistence and perseverance. Many of life’s tasks, great and small, and circumstances, simple and complex, call for persistence and perseverance. To persist means to stand through some experience. To persevere means to remain with the task or circumstance as long as necessary. Some may be able to hold out for a time, but unable to stay with a task or circumstance until it

PLUG IN – 28 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             To realize God’s power in our lives, we have to put forth our response and...

LIFE’S HURRICANES – 27 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             When people are involved in great troubles, they pray intensely to...

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

MIRRORS – 26 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             When we see others, and look into their lives in some way, we see ourselves...

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ZEAL -25 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Jesus observed the zeal of people in various fields of life. He made a parable...

The Exaltation of the Cross

BLINDNESS – 24 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Personal sin is denied often in our time. Many find it hard to admit to being...

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C