Gospel Meditation
Freedom in God’s Commands | Third Sunday of Lent I was recently talking with my kids about why we choose as a family to eat mostly health foods and avoid…
Category: Weekly Reflections
Priests and Brothers
Question: What’s the difference between priests and brothers, friars, etc.? Answer: The distinctions titles and categories used for priests and the male members of religious communities can be confusing, especially…
Parents Just Don’t Understand
Anybody remember the old rap song by the Fresh Prince, aka Will Smith, “Parents Just Don’t Understand?” As we grow up, it is sometimes a struggle for us to imagine…
Gospel Meditation
See, Then Show | Second Sunday of Lent Jesus stands before them with glistening garments. Considered his closest companions, James, John, and Peter, attempt to take in what is happening…
Bending the Knee
Question: Does it matter what leg you kneel on when genuflecting? Answer: Genuflection is an act of devotion that literally means “to bend the knee.” For many Catholics, it’s an…
The Unlikely Suspects
Have you ever taken a nature walk? Have you leisurely strolled through a forest or field, with no real destination in mind and your only objective being receptivity to and…
Gospel Meditation
Adjust to Scarcity | First Sunday of Lent Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote, “I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing.…
The Unfailing Goodness of God
I have always wondered why Jesus told the cleansed leper not to publicize how he had been healed by the Son of God. It’s not that I can’t understand why…
Face-to-Face Confession
Question: In today’s digital world, do we really need to be face-to-face with a priest to confess our sins? Would Facetime or Zoom ever be allowed? Answer: The question of…
Gospel Meditation
Profound Healing | Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time On the Sundays of Ordinary Time, the first reading and the Gospel proclaimed at Mass form a unit of readings, with one…