A Reflection on the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading I: Numbers 11:25-29Responsorial Psalm: 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14Reading II: James 5:1-6Gospel: Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 The golden thread that runs through our readings this week is the subject of prophecy....

Ninety miles an hour going fast as I canTrying to push a little harder trying to get the upper handSo much to do in so little time, it's a crazy lifeIt's ready, set, go it's another wild dayWhen the stress is on the rise in my heart I feel you say just…(Breathe) I...

A Reflection on the Reading for the Twenty-Fifth Weekend in Ordinary Time Reading I: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20Responsorial Psalm: 54:3-4, 5, 6, 8Reading II: James 3:16-4:3Gospel: Mark 9:30-37  The readings for this twenty-fifth weekend highlight two primary points. The first...

For you placed the salvation of the human raceon the wood of the Cross,so that, where death arose, life might again spring forthand the evil one, who conquered on a tree,might likewise on a tree be conquered,through Christ our Lord.(Preface for the Exaltation of the...

A Reflection on the Readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 12, 2021 Reading I: Isaiah 50:5-9aResponsorial Psalm: 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9Reading II: James 2:14-18Gospel: Mark 8:27-35 First Reading  Is 50:5-9a In this world, we will always be...

For by me your days will be multiplied and the years of your life increased. - Proverbs 9:11 For my family, we are in the middle of birthday season with over half of the celebrations falling in the next few weeks! Big number years filled our family this year, but for...

Several years ago, the Los Angeles Times published an Op-Ed on secular family values, suggesting that children raised in non-religious homes are just as likely as their religious peers to develop "positive traits and virtues." It made me question my motives as a...

One of the wonders of human beings is that they were created with a longing and a need to increase our knowledge of the world around us and our place in it. We share our knowledge with stories, examples, and hands-on experience. As we increase our learning, we extend...