My reflection from today's Gospel (John 11:19-27) in Give Us This Day:
As much as we’d like to think of ourselves as Martha in today’s Scripture ...
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My reflection on today's Scripture readings in the March issue of Give Us This Day:
At some point or another, most of us have been blamed for something we ...
My feature essay from the January 2024 issue of Give Us This Day:
A fresh span of twelve months stretches out before us now, like a blank canvas daring us ...
My latest reflection from Give Us This Day, based on the readings for the day:
Jesus doles out some tough love in today’s Gospel, which echoes the equally ...
My Give Us This Day reflection on today’s Scripture readings. You can find the readings HERE.
A friend and I were discussing the problem of letting our faith ...
My Give Us This Day reflection on today's Scripture readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 and John 10: 31-42. You can find the readings HERE.
Vengeance takes center ...
O Mary, bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life.
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers of babies not ...
Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century German priest and mystic, famously wrote, “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ it will ...
When my youngest was in elementary school, she asked about heaven and “eternity.” As I explained our belief that we would one day be with God forever, I was ...
How often do we, like the scribe in today’s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: “I will follow you wherever you go”? We may have the best of intentions and mean ...
It seems so straightforward: Jesus appoints his Apostles. There doesn’t seem to be much to delve into here. We know how this Gospel (Mark 3:13-19) turns out. ...
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
"Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more
than all the other contributors to the treasury.
For they ...
Doubting Thomas. That title is a reminder, if ever there was one, that nicknames stick, even if the nickname isn’t necessarily warranted or fair. Sure, today’s ...
I love how Peter tends to respond to Jesus with such pure emotion. As in today’s scene, when he leaps out of his boat and races through the water toward Jesus; ...
One of my favorite places in Rome is Ponte Sant’Angelo — the Bridge of Angels — where gorgeous winged creatures line the path as you make your way toward Castle ...
For those of you who, like me, may be struggling in our Church these day, I thought I would share my Give Us This Day reflection from two weeks ago.
I ...
Hail to the Morning
There will be something,
anguish or elation,
that is peculiar to this day alone.
I rise from sleep and say:
Hail to the morning!
Come down ...
Right about this time in the Easter season, I begin to slip into complacency. The enormity of the resurrection starts to seem “ordinary,” one more thing I take ...
My reflection today in the January issue of Give Us This Day:
If you’ve ever had a serious fight with your spouse or parent or child, you know the pain of a ...
My reflection on the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene in the July issue of Give Us This Day:
St. Mary Magdalene has a feast! A new addition to the Church’s ...