We all have days when we think if we get any more bad news, then we will move to Alaska..or wherever is your place of choice. I had one of those this past week. I have been thinking of Dr… Continue reading

This gospels of this first week are all the first encounters the disciples and followers of Jesus had with him after he rose. Next Sunday, we meet Thomas as we do every year. I have always wondered where he went… Continue reading

Homily on Easter Morning On Good Friday morning, we heard a reading from St John Chrysostom about the fact that the Church, we, were born from the side of the Crucified Christ. Blood and water flowed from his pierced side:… Continue reading

With the busyness of the Sacred Triduum, I did not have a chance to post anything. The next few posts should bring things up to date Homily on Holy Thursday We spend so much of our time eating, dieting, reading… Continue reading

Traditionally, today is called Spy Wednesday:  the day that Judas finalized the plans to betray Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Today’s betrayal and yesterday’s predication of Peter’s denial need to be seen together. Both men were long term disciples,… Continue reading

The first three days of Holy Week give us three different people to pray with. Today, we look at Mary, the sister of Lazurus, who anointed his feet with precious oil. She was doing an act of welcome and hospitality… Continue reading

In today’s reading from Ezekiel, we read about the promise of a new Exodus from the exile and a return to the Promised Land. These words of hope must have been like gold to those who had been exiled for… Continue reading

We are one week away from Good Friday. Where has Lent gone? In less than a week we will enter into the Sacred Triduum and immerse ourselves through prayer and ritual into the most sacred event of our faith:  the… Continue reading

I had the opportunity over 10 years to visit the Holy Land. On our last day, we went to Nazareth and went to the Church of the Annunciation. It is hard to describe what it was like to read Luke’s… Continue reading