November 2, 2025

November 2, 2025

We Christians, with respect for all rational traditions, bury our own dead with enhanced understanding, enlightened by the revelation of God.   We do more. We make a point of remembering all the dead. Not just family members, fellow citizens, and friends. We...
September 12, 2025

September 12, 2025

Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial (Psalm 16) is: “You are my inheritance, O Lord!” An inheritance is something one has a right to. Can we say Christians have a right to Communion?  The faith of the Church, the laws of the Church, and...
Easter Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Easter Tuesday, April 22, 2025

  We pray “In the name of the Father”, Source of all being… As his family, we speak for all creation.   “And of the Son,” the Redeemer… We speak as his body. In us, Jesus is continuing his redemptive work. During this Mass and during this...
Easter Monday, April 21, 2025

Easter Monday, April 21, 2025

  An Awesome Connection In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. We connect with the Spirit in the first words we speak at Mass. And appropriately, it is while establishing our relationship with all Three Persons of the Trinity. We...
Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025

Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025

  Witnesses to the Resurrection The Responsorial Psalm is a meditation on the first reading. The response it calls for is: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad” (Psalm 118) And this gives us a key to all the readings. Acts 10: 34-43...