Finding Your Spiritual Direction

Ezekiel 33:7-9 Romans 13:8-10 Matthew 18:15-20 All three of today's scriptures concern themselves with how we deal with one another....

Jeremiah 20:7-9 Romans 12:1-2 Matthew 16:21-27 Like many of you, I’ve had the experience of physical therapy. PT is frequently ordered...

Isaiah 22:19-23 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20 All of today’s readings remind us that God is God and we are not! At first glance,...

Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 Matthew 15:21-28 If you follow the themes of the Sunday readings for a whole year, you...

1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33 Both the prophet Elijah and the apostle Peter experience “theophanies” in today’s...

Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 2 Peter 1:16-19 Matthew 17:1-9 Our first reading today, from the Book of Daniel, is often interpreted by Christian...

1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 Romans 8:28-30 Matthew 13:44-52 Sometimes when I am scrolling through the PBS channel I come across Antiques...

Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 Romans 8:26-27 Matthew 13:24-43 In today's gospel Jesus presents wheat and weeds growing in the same field. And...

Isaiah 55:10-11 Romans 8:18-23 Matthew 13:1-23 Like many other people I have kept a prayer journal over the years. To be completely...

Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30 "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take...

2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 Matthew 10:37-42 Today's second reading is probably my favorite Pauline scripture. For...

Jeremiah 20:10-13 Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33 Examining the readings today, we should note that there are some striking...

Exodus 19:2-6a Romans 5:6-11 Matthew 9:36-10:8 There is something about today’s readings that reminds me of part of a prayer I often say....

Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 John 6:51-58 I once heard a story about a mother who was cooking dinner for her...

Exodus 34:4b-6,8-9 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 John 3:16-18 One of the things I love most about my Catholic faith is the fact that it...

Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 We read two versions of the gift of the Holy Spirit today. In...

Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:17-23 Matthew 28:16-20 For most of my life this celebration took place on Ascension Thursday,...

Acts of the Apostles 8:5-8, 14-17 1Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.“ In today's gospel...

Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7 1Peter 2:4-9 John 14:1-12 It's a simple question: What would Jesus do? And yet it is the question on which...

Acts of the Apostles 2:14a, 36-41 1 Peter 2:20b-25 John 10:1-10 The human voice can be a very powerful tool for communication, whether...