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Sunday, June 29, 2025

The Peace of Christ vs the Peace of the World (St. Peter and St. Paul - Cycle C)

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To understand the Gospel reading for this Sunday more fully, we need to consider the geographical location where the passage takes places....
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Self-Sacrifice is at the Heart of the Eucharist (Corpus Christi - Cycle C)

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Years ago, I was teaching a class where I was discussing going on pilgrimages to Marian apparition sites, when someone asked me why we nee...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

The Holy Trinity Is Our Only Fulfillment (Trinity Sunday - Cycle C)

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Catholic theology starts with the premise that God is one. God has one, indivisible nature. At the same time, we also believe that God has...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Making Each Day Like Pentecost (Pentecost Sunday - Cycle C)

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After Jesus was crucified, the disciples hid away behind locked doors for fear of suffering the same fate themselves. When Jesus rose from...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

What the Ascension Enjoins Upon Us to Do (Ascension Sunday - Cycle C)

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In Greek mythology, the belief was that gods could become incarnate for short periods of time. They could take on human or animal forms ju...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - Spectacular Grand Finale Offers Deep and Hopeful Message

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Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, the latest and (for now) the last entry in the series is darker, grittier, gorier, and more sombe...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Living in a Time of Preparation (Easter VI - Cycle C)

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The first debate in the early Church was whether or not gentiles could become Christians and, if so, how. All of the first Christians were...