When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do one’s faults when one speaks. The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so, too, does one’s speech disclose the bent of one’s mind. The wisdom of Sirach reminds us that for better or worse, our speech reveals who...
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that temple you are. St. Paul offers us the opportunity to reflect upon the dignity of the human person as he describes our very bodies as God’s temple. My first thought...
Blessed is the one who delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law, day and night. The Gospel reading for today is Luke’s version of the Beatitudes, and it is offered from the plain, rather than the mount, as we see in Matthew’s Gospel. The sermon...
Whether it be I or they, so we preach and so you believed. In today’s second reading, St. Paul addresses divisions in the Christian community in Corinth. From its earliest moments, divisions have been a threat to the life and ministry of the church. This continues to...
And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. The feast of the Presentation of the Lord commemorates Mary and Joseph dedicating the infant Jesus to the Lord in the Temple in Jerusalem. As devout...
