Readings: 1st Reading; Leviticus 13 : 1 – 2, 44 – 46. Responsorial Psalm; Ps. 31 : 1 – 2, 5, 11. 2nd Reading, 1 Corinthians 10 : 31 -11 : 1 […]Read more
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A. Readings: 1st Reading; Jeremiah 20 : 7 – 9 Responsorial Psalm; Ps. 62 : 2 – 6, 8 – 9. 2nd Reading; Romans 12 […]Read more
Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 03:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his annual Chrism Mass for Holy Week Pope Francis told priests to always convey the truth and mercy of […]Read more
HEY, WAITER! “Wait for the Lord with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord.” –Psalm 27:14 We wait for what we cannot see; the return of the Master seems […]Read more
(GN 15:5-12, 17-18; PS 27; PHIL 3:17—4:1; LK 9:28B-36) I’m driving through the streets of Portland, Maine, searching for it. I have a paper map, but it’s in the days […]Read more
Fasting, mercy, forgiveness, and man’s iniquity – the common threads woven throughout today’s readings. Oh how beautiful is God’s mercy and forgiveness and how torturous it is when we place ourselves outside such beauty and surrender to our own iniquity. Yet, it is through our free will that we commit such Read more
The story of the book of Esther creates some beautiful imagery for us. Esther herself is a strikingly beautiful Jewish woman who has become queen with the help of her foster father Mordecai. The Jewish community were exiles, or maybe we could think of them as refugees and they were not thought of too highly. Read more