Saint Paul TRIED to Warn You, But You Got Married Anyway
Oh, Saint Paul, you crack me up. Always truthful, never one to mince words. I like to imagine him patting a distraught young wife on the hand as she tearfully...
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How to Question an Angel and Speak to Tell the Tale
In the gospel reading on Wednesday of this week, and again tomorrow, on Christmas Eve, we hear the story of the Annunciation to Mary: How the Angel Gabriel appears to...
It’s the End of the World, and I Feel Fine
Riots, floods, the sun going out . . . it’s easy to wonder if these are the End Times we’ve heard so much about. Well, guess what? They totally are....
Just Burn Me at the Stake, Already
In today’s Gospel, Jesus says, “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.” (Luke 12:4) Throughout...
Not Now . . . But How About Now?
Seasons of life. That’s what it so often comes down to. I can’t do this thing now, even though I know how good it would be for me, because ....
Drowning in Everything I Ever Wanted
The disciples have been up all night, being tossed about by waves. It’s sometime between three and six in the morning when they are frightened to see a ghostly figure...
We've All Got the Disease
First Reading: Hebrews 3:7-14 The Holy Spirit says: Oh, that today you would hear his voice, "Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in...
Tender Compassion on the Eve of Our Lord's Birth
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he...
Our Work Matters
First Reading: Malachi 3:19-20A Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will...
Calling God Our Father
First Reading: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14 Brothers and sisters: After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up in accord with a...
Remember, Beloved
First Reading: Jude 17, 20B-25 Beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. Build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the...
Hope Anew
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord First Reading: Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was...
