Reflections
The 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
By Fr. Drew HoffmanIsaiah 55:10-11 + Romans 8:18-23 + Matthew 13:1-23 This summer has been a particularly energizing one when it comes to professional sports. The Knicks finally won the… Read More
The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
By Fr. Michael Brungardt Zechariah 9:9-10 + Romans 8:9,11-13 + Matthew 11:25-30 There was a study done by Harvard over the course of 80 years, studying hundreds of people to determine what… Read More
The 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
By Fr. Hoisington II Kings 4:8-11,14-16 + Romans 6:3-4,8-11 + Matthew 10:37-42 “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”… Read More
The 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
By Fr. Hoisington Jeremiah 20:10-13 + Romans 5:12-15 + Matthew 10:26-33 “What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the… Read More
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ [A]
Fr. Drew Hoffman I will never forget the last time I missed Sunday Mass. I was eleven years old and my dad, brother, and myself joined some family and friends… Read More
The Most Holy Trinity [A]
Fr. Michael BrungardtExodus 34:4-6,8-9 + 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 + John 3:16-18 It is easy for the most important words of our faith to become the most familiar—and therefore the least… Read More
The Fourth Sunday of Easter [A]
Fr. Michael BrungardtActs 2:14,36-41 + 1 Peter 2:20-25 + John 10:1-10 The Apostles as ShepherdsThe Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Jesus Christ is, of course,… Read More
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord [A]
Fr. Drew Hoffman Being a college chaplain and being a parent end up being pretty similar things. Just like children, my college kids also ask me for money all the… Read More
The Fifth Sunday of Lent [A]
Fr. Michael BrungardtEzekiel 37:12-14 + Romans 8:8-11 + John 11:1-45 “I can’t wait until things go back to normal.” That instinct lives deep within us. Whenever life becomes uncomfortable or… Read More
The First Sunday of Lent [A]
Fr. Drew HoffmanGenesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 + Romans 5:12,17-19 + Matthew 4:1-11 It is so easy to look with contempt and bemusement at many of the characters we encounter in the… Read More
The 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
Fr. Michael Brungardt Sirach 15:15-20 + 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 + Matthew 5:17-37 One of my greatest fears—one that returns to me often, sometimes daily—is not failure, suffering, or even persecution.… Read More
The 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time [A]
Fr. Matthew SiegmanIsaiah 58:7-10 + 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 + Matthew 5:13-16 Christ tells us in today’s Gospel that, “your light must shine before others, that they may see your good… Read More