16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, July 20, 2025) Luke 10:38-42 “Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.”  (Luke 10:38) Hospitality has always been the hallmark of Christianity. In fact, in every culture, how

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, July 13, 2025) Luke 10:25-37 “Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”  (Luke 10:25-30) Love is a funny thing.  Its greatest happiness is to pull what it loves into its

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (February 23, 2025) Luke 6:27-38 “For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38)  When God created the world, it was his will that all share in his essence. God did not want to create something unlike himself but something where who he truly is,

Presentation of the Lord (Feb 2, 2025)  Luke 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 “Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”  (Luke 2:32) Today, the feast

 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr C (February 9, 2025)  Luke 5:1-11   “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” (Lk 5:5)  God’s call is universal.  Every person is endowed with potential for union with the Divine and it is that person’s call in life to live in such a way as to bring that potential

5th Sunday of Easter, 2025 John 13:31-33a, 34-35   “I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race.  He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for

4th Sunday of Easter, 2025 John 10:27-30 “My sheep hear my voice; I know them and they follow me.”  (John 10:27)  All of us probably know at least part of the Good Shepherd Psalm.  Some may even know the whole psalm.  Jesus must have recited this psalm many times, especially as he reflected on the mission that his Father had

6th Sunday of Easter, 2025 John 14:23-29 “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.”  John 14:1    Our Creator has made us for greatness. When God called us into being, he gave each one of us a great purpose.  On the exterior, it