Oct. 25, 2026In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees asked Jesus, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” We have to remember that the law included not only the Ten Commandments, but the ent...  Read More

Oct. 18, 2026The final words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew are what we call the Great Commission, “Go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of...  Read More

Oct. 11, 2026The rosary developed slowly over a number of centuries. In the early Church, monks used a rosary of 150 beads to pray the 150 psalms every day. Many of the laity, who could not read the p...  Read More

Oct. 4, 2026This Sunday, Oct. 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Because the feast falls on a Sunday, it is superseded by the Sunday liturgy and does not show up on most Church calendars. In th...  Read More

Sept. 27, 2026The second reading for today is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians. It is called the Philippian Hymn. Scholars believe that Paul actually borrowed the hymn from an outside so...  Read More

Sept. 20, 2026Jesus tells the most baffling of His sermons this week. He tells of a landowner who goes out at four different times to hire laborers for his vineyard, agreeing to pay them the tradition...  Read More

Sept. 13, 2026The most destructive emotion that any of us carry is that of anger, unforgiveness, or resentment. Jesus warns us about it over and over. He tells us that holding on to anger is the one t...  Read More

Sept. 6, 2026For the past two weeks, I have been talking about the four forms of the Presence of Christ in each Mass. The first form of Presence which I have spoken of is His Presence in the Assembly....  Read More

Aug. 30, 2026In our second reading today we meet Jeremiah, who is known as the Reluctant Prophet. God has given Jeremiah an impossible task. He said I am going to send to you a stiff-necked people. Th...  Read More

Aug. 23, 2026American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story is a movie coming to the theaters next week. Fr. Stanley Rother was a priest from Oklahoma, who was ordained in 1963. In 1968, Rother requested t...  Read More

Aug. 16, 2026The Gospel today presents a very problematic image of Jesus. He is travelling with His disciples and encounters a Canaanite woman. Naming her as Canaanite means that she is a pagan. Befor...  Read More

Aug. 9, 2026Saturday, Aug. 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. Usually, this is a Holy Day of Obligation, but because it falls on Saturday, the obligation to attend Mass is lifted.   At th...  Read More