COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (2025) Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalms 23:1-6 Romans 5:5-11 John 6:37-40 I liked the ‘borrowed’ title above, “Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed,” for it better suits my understanding of what we are celebrating in general, and in particular, it is more akin to my theological understanding of the concept of purgatory. Yesterday the Church… Continue reading COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (2025)
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 26, 2025
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 26, 2025 We offer our prayers to the Lord recognizing our own sinfulness but asking that these prayers may pierce the clouds and not rest until they reach their goal. That the “heart of the mission of the Church” will be clearly proclaimed as “not to administer power over… Continue reading 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 26, 2025
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 Psalms 34:2-3, 17-19, 23 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 The Book of Sirach clearly shows the predisposition of God in both Old and New Testaments towards the weak, the oppressed, the poor, the orphan, the widow, and the lowly. The expression which closes our brief… Continue reading THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalms 121:1-8 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8 Like the Israelites in our first reading, and the widow in today’s Gospel, we face opposition and injustice—at times from godless and pitiless adversaries. We, too, must lift our eyes to the mountains—to Calvary and the God who will… Continue reading TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025 We offer our prayers to the Father that we may never tire of lifting our hearts and minds to God asking for mercy. That the participation of religious men and women in the Jubilee of Hope will encourage renewal and a deeper connection to faith, and may… Continue reading 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 12, 2025
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 12, 2025 Recognizing the many ills that infect our world, we turn to the Father to ask that he have pity on us and heal us. That “as a church, we [will] console and peacefully stand in solidarity with the undocumented men and women whose lives are being upended… Continue reading 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 12, 2025
October 2, 2025 Commemoration of Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025 Commemoration of Yom Kippur Dear Friends, We have arrived at the month of October, a month that holds many memories for me - the birthday of my sister, the birthday of my youngest niece, the birthdays of dear friends (Jane, Frank, Shirley), and the anniversary of my oldest niece’s wedding, which, on… Continue reading October 2, 2025 Commemoration of Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025. Commemoration of Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025. Commemoration of Yom Kippur Dear Friends, We have arrived at the month of October, a month that holds many memories for me - the birthday of my sister, the birthday of my youngest niece, the birthdays of dear friends (Jane, Frank, Shirley), and the anniversary of my oldest niece’s bone marrow transplant,… Continue reading October 2, 2025. Commemoration of Yom Kippur
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 5, 2025 God our Father, on this World Day of Migrants and Refugees we ask that all who journey in this world seeking peace and life may know the presence of the Spirit with them through your answer to our prayers. That bishops and all who minister in the… Continue reading
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025) Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 Our first reading is from the prophet Habakkuk, a prophet separated from the last two Sunday’s prophet Micah, by about one-hundred years. The Old Testament prophets are all an integral part of what it means to be… Continue reading TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (2025)
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