Give us new life, and we will call upon your name.. O LORD, God of hosts, restore us; This one line from today’s Responsorial Psalm almost perfectly addresses the twofold focus of this Sunday: the beginning of Respect Life Month and the Feast of Saint Francis of...
“Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves.” St. Paul’s words to the Philippians are both beautiful and challenging. He reminds us that Christian life is not ultimately about ourselves—our...
Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. Isaiah’s words are an admonition to cultivate and strengthen our faith when we are feeling close to God. Not that God is ever distant, we do have our “mountain top” experiences when we feel closer...
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. St. Paul’s words in today’s second reading seem to fittingly follow this past Friday’s 25th anniversary of the...
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law…Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. Today’s second reading seems to re-emphasize the role of the Church as a true...
“The proclamation of the Gospel in today’s world continues to demand of us a prophetic, counter-cultural resistance to the self-centered hedonism of paganism.” Pope Francis 11/24/2023 The Christian life has never been about simply going along with the crowd. This...
