Reflections

May 25, 2025 – The Sixth Sunday of Easter [C]
Fr. Thomas HoisingtonActs 15:1-222-29  +  Revelation 21:10-14,22-23  +  John 14:23-29 “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit … will teach you everything ….” This Sunday’s Gospel Reading is set at the Last… Read More
May 18, 2025 – The Fifth Sunday of Easter [C]
Fr. Drew HoffmanActs 14:21-27  +  Revelation 21:1-5  +  John 13:31-33,34-35 My favorite book is Graham Greene’s classic, The Power and the Glory, a magnificent story about a troubled priest in… Read More
May 11, 2025 – The Fourth Sunday of Easter [C]
Fr. Michael BrungardtActs 13:14,43-52  +  Revelation 7:9,14-17  +  John 10:27-30 A basic human experience is having days that don’t go as planned. Maybe it’s a small hiccup—a computer crash, a… Read More
May 4, 2025 – The Third Sunday of Easter [C]
Fr. Matthew SiegmanActs 5:27-32,40-41  +  Revelation 5:11-14  +  John 21:1-19 As we continue to meditate on the mysteries of the Resurrection during the Easter Season, we hear St. John’s account… Read More
April 27, 2025 – Divine Mercy Sunday [C]
Fr. Thomas HoisingtonActs 5:12-16  +  Revelation 1:9-11,12-13,17-19  +  John 20:19-31  “I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.” On this Sunday’s solemnity of Divine Mercy, the Church calls us… Read More
February 2, 2024 – The Feast of the Presentation [YEAR C]
Fr. Drew HoffmanMalachi 3:1-4  +  Hebrews 2:14-18 +  Luke 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 I’m in my early thirties, but spending so much time with college students makes me feel both older… Read More
January 26, 2024 – The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time [YEAR C]
Fr. Michael BrungardtNehemiah 8:2-4,5-6,8-10  +  1 Corinthians 12:12-30 [or 12:12-14,27]  +  Luke 1:1-4;4:14-21 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) – January 26, 2025 Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19:8-10, 15;… Read More
January 19, 2024 – The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time [YEAR C]
Fr. Matthew SiegmanIsaiah 62:1-5  +  1 Corinthians 12:4-11  +  John 2:1-11 This Sunday, as we move from the Christmas Season into Ordinary Time, we hear the Gospel of the Wedding… Read More
Januray 12, 2024 – The Baptism of the Lord [YEAR C]
Fr. Thomas HoisingtonIsaiah 42:1-4,6-7  +  Acts 10:34-38  +  Luke 3:15-16,21-22[or Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11  +  Titus 2:11-14;3:4-7  +  Luke 3:15-16,21-22] “You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased.” + … Read More
January 5, 2024 – The Epiphany of the Lord [YEAR C]
Fr. Thomas HoisingtonIsaiah 60:1-6  +  Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6  +  Matthew 2:1-12 “We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” Secular culture takes what is three-dimensional… Read More
December 29, 2024 – The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph [YEAR C]
Fr. Matthew SiegmanSirach 3:2-6,12-14  +  Colossians 3:12-21  +  Luke 2:41-52[other options: I Samuel 1:20-22,24-28 + Colossians 3:12-17 + 1 John 3:1-2,21-24] On this Sunday in the Octave of Easter, we… Read More
December 22, 2024 –
The Fourth Sunday of Advent [Year C]
Fr. Thomas Hoisington Micah 5:1-4  +  Hebrews 10:5-10  +  Luke 1:39-45 “‘… behold, I come to do your will, O God.’” Sacrifice has long been the heart of religion.  From… Read More