Finding Your Spiritual Direction

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...

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...