Scripture:1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59Luke 19:45-48Reflection:In today’s Responsorial Psalm we read:“So David blessed the Lord” “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and » Continue Reading.
Scripture:1 Maccabees 2:15-29 Luke 19:41-44Reflection:As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace– but now » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 Luke 19:11-28Reflection:Over the years I have seen many pictures of martyrs who are about to be put to death and have always been amazed that none » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Maccabees 6:18-31Luke 19:1-10Reflection:But preferring a glorious death to a life of defilement, . . . (Eleazar) went forward of his own accord to the instrument of torture, as people » Continue Reading.
Scripture:1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 Luke 18:35-43Reflection:Today we celebrate the feast of St. Albert the Great, a Dominican scholar who also had the distinct privilege of helping to form » Continue Reading.
Scripture:Daniel 12:1-3Hebrews 10:11-14, 18Mark 13:24-32Reflection:As we get closer to the end of the Church liturgical year, our readings deal more and more with the end times. We see this language » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Wisdom 13:1-9 Luke 17:26-37 Reflection: Catholicism has a “sacramental” view of reality because it believes we can encounter God, the creator, in the abundant beauty of creation. The God » Continue Reading.
Scripture:Wisdom 7:22b-8:1Luke 17:20-25Reflection:Our Gospel passage for today touches a very familiar chord in all of us it seems to me. How we all long for the peace and joy of » Continue Reading.
Scripture:Wisdom 6:1-11Luke 17:11-19Reflection:It says in the Book of Wisdom, and is repeated throughout scripture, that those who have little may be pardoned out of mercy, but “for those in power » Continue Reading.
Scripture:Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 121 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17John 2:13-22Reflection:The Basilica of St. John Lateran and the SynodToday we celebrate the dedication of the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, the cathedral » Continue Reading.