March 7, 2026

March 7, 2026

Micah 7: 14-20 tells us that if we feel blocked from Mass or from participation in the sacraments, the block is not because of God’s attitude.  We may think it is. We may think that God—or the Church—does not accept us. That God’s acceptance is conditional on...
March 7, 2026

March 6, 2026

Genesis 37: 3-28 shows us what envy can do. And what God can do in spite of it. Envy is more than jealousy. Jealousy is to want something another has. Envy is to hate so much that the other has something I don’t have, that I don’t want the other to have it either. ...
March 7, 2026

March 5, 2026

If we keep assembling with the community for Mass, the Liturgy of the Word assures us that the truth will catch up with us, whether or not we want to hear it. All truth is lifegiving, but sometimes it takes faith to accept that. And all truth offers hope, even if at...
March 7, 2026

March 4, 2026

Jeremiah 18: 18-20 affirms truths about human life as shocking as they are sad: Truth arouses criticism and good incites to evil. “Must good be repaid with evil, that they would dig a pit for my life?” You can’t love people enough to stop them from hating you....
March 7, 2026

March 3, 2026

Isaiah 1: 10-20 offers forgiveness and purification to the “princes of Sodom.” When we read in Genesis 19 the sin that brought destruction on Sodom, we wonder that Isaiah can promise what he does. In the eyes of Lot, in whose culture protecting guests was sacrosanct,...