This weekend, as we celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, we begin a new Church year. The word “Advent” comes to us from the Latin “Adventus”, which means “coming”...[read more]
This weekend, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. On this Last Sunday of Ordinary Time, before the beginning of the new...[read more]
The Parable of the talents, which we hear in this weekend’s Gospel, is a profound reminder of our call as disciples to use our gifts for the building up...[read more]
As we near the end of the Liturgical year, the focus of our readings shifts to the end times, and the second coming of Jesus. We are told to...[read more]
When I was in Seminary, one of the courses we had to take was a course on Spirituality. The course was designed to help us look at how we...[read more]
“Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” These words at the end of today’s Gospel are about far more...[read more]
How do we understand the mercy of God? Today’s parable about the wedding banquet gives us some insight into God’s mercy, and our response to the gift we are...[read more]
The Author William Nicholson once wrote that “Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of...[read more]
How do we react when we hear of someone who experienced a “deathbed conversion?” Do we rejoice that the person has found God, and has become open to receiving...[read more]
I’ve often said that the line of the Our Father that should make us stop and think is “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against...[read more]
