Finding Your Spiritual Direction

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...

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...