Finding Your Spiritual Direction

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...

Acts of the Apostles 2:14, 22-33 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 Our readings for this Third Sunday of Easter continue to focus on the...

Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 As I mentioned last weekend, we are being treated to a glimpse of what...

Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43, Colossians 3:1-4, 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8, John 20:1-9 [Please Note: There are various sets of...

Matthew 21:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Matthew 26:14—27:66 There is so much to “digest” in the readings for today -...

Ezekiel 37:12-14 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 Death and evil are all around us. Natural disasters throughout the world take hundreds,...

1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 The doctor tells me I have slow-growing cataracts in both eyes. Nothing we...

Exodus 17:3-7 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 Most of us never face real thirst. And if that should happen, we can find clean water to...

Genesis 12:1-4a 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Matthew 17:1-9 Every year on the Second Sunday of Lent we hear one of the transfiguration stories...

Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 I had an enriching and enlivening experience recently, as I read today’s Gospel...

Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 As is often the case, today’s readings remind us that divine wisdom is...

Sirach 15:15-20 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Matthew 5:17-37 (with optional short version) Today’s readings have a lot to say about...

Isaiah 58:7-10 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Matthew 5:13-16 As is often the case, there is a clear and significant connection between today’s...

Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 5:1-12a “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can...