32nd Sunday – Evil and Resurrection

6 Nov 202226 Nov 2022

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome 2 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14, Luke 20:27-38 We have a very graphic word in our first reading. They…

Easter Vigil – On Grace and the Visitation to Mary

17 Apr 20228 May 2022

Christ Appearing to The Virgin, Rogier van der Weyden The opening prayer for Palm Sunday, at the start of Holy Week, begins with ‘Dear brothers and sisters, since the beginning of Lent…

Easter Vigil – Christ our Rock

5 Apr 2021

I’ve been enjoying this glorious sun this past couple of days. It’s a dramatic ray of hope in the middle of winter! Sometimes you need a few months of darkness…

Easter Sunday – The Stone that was Rolled Away

4 Apr 202118 Apr 2021

Resurrection of Christ, Nicholas Bertin Mark 16:1-8 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes..." Rom 1:16…

26th Sunday -Phronesis and the Drama of Suffering

27 Sep 202010 Oct 2020

The Apostle Paul by Rembrandt Phil 2:1-11 Philippi was a Roman Colony. A colony of Rome was an extension of Rome and it’s rule. These weren’t colonies in the sense we…

Resurrection – The Irruption of New Life

12 Apr 20202 May 2020

Matthew 28:1-10 Holy Saturday marks the longest period of silence in the liturgical year. There are no sacraments, there is no holy water in the fonts, the altars are stripped…

1st Week – The Day of His Coming

1 Dec 20193 Apr 2020

Matthew 24:37-44 With this Sunday, with Advent, we begin the new year in the Church’s calendar. We live out of many calendars. Our lives are marked by days and seasons.…

32nd Sunday -Love and the Resurrection Body

10 Nov 20193 May 2020

2 Maccabees 7:1-14, Luke 20:27-38 There was a reason Mel Gibson picked on the book of Maccabees as a possible movie project after his tremendously successful Passion of the Christ.…