Finding Your Spiritual Direction

Ezekiel 17:22-24 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34 Two parables in today's gospel. Two stories about seeds. In the first parable, a...

Genesis 3:9-15 2 Corinthians 4:13--5:1 Mark 3:20-35 Today's gospel is uncomfortably timely. Jesus is accused of being either crazy...

Exodus 24:3-8 Hebrews 9:11-15 Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Today we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, the...

Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 As we might expect on this particular Sunday, when we celebrate The Most Holy...

Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 There are numerous options for readings that can...

Acts of the Apostles 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26 1 John 4:11-16 John 17:11b-19 Our readings today form a powerful prologue to the upcoming...

Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26, 34-35,44-48 1 John 4:7-10 John 15:9-17 “Love, Love, Love.” So goes the refrain from the iconic...

Acts of the Apostles 9:26-31 1 John 3:18-24 John 15:1-8 It seemed easy enough. So we thought we would grow some tomatoes in...

Acts of the Apostles 4:8-12 1 John 3:1-2 John 10:11-18 I always enjoyed reading the columns of Irma Bombeck. She was a writer who...

Acts of the Apostles 3:13-15, 17-19 1 John 2:1-5a Luke 24:35-48 Today's gospel begins as the two disciples who had met Jesus on the...

Acts of the Apostles 4:32-35 1 John 5:1-6 John 20:19-31 It has been over a week now since we walked with Jesus through his last days on...

Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 John 20:1-9 Alleluia! This is the day the Lord has made; let...

Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1-15:47 For what would you give your life? For what or whom would you be willing to die?...

Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 Our First Reading today is an oft featured text from Jeremiah that highlights the...

2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 Ephesians 2: 4-10 John 3:14-21 There are a number of sub-plots in the readings of the day;...

Exodus 20: 1-17 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25 Our first reading today reminds us that the Israelites were a people of...

Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 In today's gospel Peter, James and John go with Jesus up a high mountain...

Genesis 9:8-15 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 Today is the First Sunday of Lent. So, what's Lent for?… Seriously. Lent and Catholics are...

Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1:40-45 In today's gospel we hear a leper say to Jesus, "If you wish, you can...

Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 In our first reading, we learn that Job is having a very bad, even...