Finding Your Spiritual Direction

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...

Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 121-28 Today's gospel finds Jesus in the synagogue at Capernaum teaching “as one...

Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Even little children in Sunday school know and are fascinated by the story of Jonah...

1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 John 1:35-42 I am a firm believer in the adage that says "What we know depends on...

Isaiah 60:1-6, Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Only Matthew of the four evangelists tells the story we read in today's gospel....

Genesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3 Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 Luke 2:22-40 On this Sunday following the commemoration of the Nativity of the Lord,...

2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 Today’s Gospel is one of my favorites from Luke. In it, we hear the Angel...

Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 I find today’s readings full of excitement, full of promise, full...

Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14 Mark 1:1-8 Recently, my friend Tom was angry at himself for failing to do something he had...

Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 1 Corinthians1:3-9 Mark 13:33-37 Today we begin our journey through Advent. The opening reading...

Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 Matthew 25:31-46 Have you ever seen a movie that includes a surprise ending and...

Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 Matthew 25:14-30 My high school choral teacher, Sr. Paul, often said, "I'd rather...

Wisdom 6:12-16 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13 Today's gospel contrasts wise behavior and foolish behavior. To understand the...

Malachi 1:14b--2:2b, 8-10 1 Thessalonians 2:7b9, 13 Matthew 23:1-12 Apparently, even in Jesus’ day there were people who were very...