March 29, 2026Today we begin the most sacred and holy time in the Church’s year—Holy Week, during which we reflect on the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ. The liturgies of this week are inte...  Read More

March 22, 2026A few weeks before Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection, He was called to the tiny village of Bethany, to the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Martha and Mary had sent a desperate mes...  Read More

March 15, 2026Physical blindness is used as a metaphor in the New Testament to understand the reality of spiritual blindness. In today’s Gospel we meet a man who was born blind. Jesus had taken clay, ...  Read More

March 8, 2026Lent is about preparing for baptism for our catechumens, and for those of us who are already baptized, Lent is preparation for renewing our baptisms. At all the Easter Masses, we will sta...  Read More

March 1, 2026The Gospel for this Sunday is the Transfiguration of the Lord, one of the strangest and most mysterious events in the life of Jesus and His Apostles. Jesus takes Peter, James and John (Hi...  Read More

Feb. 22, 2026Each year, the First Sunday of Lent is from one of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and tells the story of the temptations of Jesus in the desert. This year we read from the...  Read More

Feb. 15, 2026Lent begins this Wednesday. This is a season when we prepare ourselves for the celebration of Easter and the Sacraments of Initiation. All too often, I think people look at Lent as just a...  Read More

Feb. 8, 2026In the 8th chapter of the Gospel of St. John, Jesus declares, “I am the light of the world.” But in this week’s Gospel, from the Sermon on the Mount, we hear Him proclaim to the motley cre...  Read More

Feb. 1, 2026We begin reading the Sermon on the Mount this Sunday. It will go on for several weeks but will be interrupted by the Lenten and Easter Seasons. We resume those readings after Pentecost.   ...  Read More

Jan. 25, 2026Last week, our Gospel was the scene in which John is speaking with two of his disciples and said, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” The two were John and Andre...  Read More

Jan. 18, 2026On Jan. 19, the United States honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement that he was so instrumental in guiding and leading up until his death on April 4, 1968.   W...  Read More

Jan. 11, 2026The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord serves as a pivotal feast. It is the official end of the Christmas season, and it is the beginning of Ordinary Time.   In all four Gospels, our first ...  Read More