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Here we are, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, surrounded by the chaos of this particular post-election season. Perhaps you find yourself...

Have you ever lost patience in waiting for something? A bride waiting for her wedding day, a new mom waiting to give birth to her child,...

As I write this, we are a few days away from the election, and I pray that the next President of the United States will govern with...

Today’s Gospel is a very familiar passage stating the Greatest Commandment. The story, in particular the restating of the Shema, reminds...

Most Harry Potter fans will remember when Harry arrives at Hogwarts and sits in front of the whole school for every first year’s biggest...

“Let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.”   These last words from the reading...

Do we want the answers we already know? Or do we want to be loved into ever-expanding truth? “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with...

I had the privilege this past Easter weekend of getting a last minute call from my parish to read at our Vigil Mass.  The reading was the...

I often say that I fell into teaching. Despite having played teacher as a child (should have been a dead give away honestly), I never...

Conflict is inevitable and today’s readings - every single one of them - brings that directly to our attention. Conflict is inevitable...

Today’s reading from Isaiah paints a remarkable, beautiful composite of images: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of...

If truth be told, I have to admit that I am exhausted. I mean, deeply physically, emotionally and mentally done in. Stretched beyond my...

Today’s readings are full of timeless one-liners in the Christian playbook. Joshua makes the iconic declaration that “As for me and my...

It is easy for me to imagine that people today, both outside and within the Church, might have a perspective not too distant from the...

I laughed when I read today’s first reading. This excerpt from Elijah has been the subject of several memes (if your algorithm looks like...

A number of years ago I went to a First Communion Mass and the priest offering the homily made it very relatable to the children in ways...

I wonder if today’s reading from the Prophet Jeremiah was applied to today’s Church how we would fare.  I don’t think we would do very...

The story of the disciples being sent out two by two, without taking anything with them, is Good News! The Good News is that we don’t...

Prophets feel like something set solidly in the past. They have their time period – just like horse drawn carriages or gladiators or oil...

When we are children, we imagine endless possibilities for our play. With our imagination, we can be astronauts, chefs, royalty,...