Eph 5:21-33 or 5:2a, 25-33 / Lk 13:18-21
I like the old translation of Ephesians 5:22-24 better than the new one. What is the difference? Instead of “subordinate,” the old translation says “wives should be submissive to their husbands…”
Now…

Rv 21:9b-14 / Jn 1:45-51
Why this reading today from John? It is believed that Bartholomew and Nathanael are one and the same. Well then, what was Nathanael Bartholomew (son of Tholomy?) doing beneath the fig tree?
Something I read…

Jer 26:1-9 / Mt 13:54-58
It seems there are a lot of doom-and-gloom people around in these days. Though I suppose there have always been some if you look hard enough. Jeremiah, however, was not one of those in his…

Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42
Lord Jesus, You are the way that leads to the Father. Lord have mercy.
Christ Jesus, You are the truth that sets the captives free. Christ have mercy.
Lord Jesus, You are the life that…

Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Pay special attention to the responses Mary Magdalene makes in today’s Gospel. When she responds to the angels, she says “they have taken the Lord. . . .” When she speaks to Jesus, she says “they have…

2 Tim 3:10-17 / Mk 12:35-37
Again, Paul is writing to Timothy from his prison chains: “Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But…

2 Tim 2:8-15/ Mk 12:28-34
“But the word of God is not chained.”
This is another one of Paul’s letters written from prison. He himself is in chains, but he recognizes that you cannot chain the word of God.
I…

1 Pt 4:7-13 / Mk 11:11-26
A couple of years before I even considered going to the seminary, I took on the job of arranging chairs in the basement of the church for a prayer meeting. I would go to…

Today’s Homily is for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, though some US Dioceses have retained the celebration on the proper Thursday.
Acts 1:1-11 / Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28/ Lk 24:46-53
I want to focus on the…

Acts 1:15-17/Jn 15:9-17
Being chosen by God, what an awesome experience.  Yet, it is not just the Apostles that God has selected. Each one of us has been chosen by God in a very unique and powerful way.  That way…