Reflections
April 21, 2024 – The Fourth Sunday of Easter [Year B]
Fr. Matt Siegman This Sunday is often called “Good Shepherd Sunday,” because we read a portion of the Good Shepherd narrative in St. John’s Gospel on this Sunday every year.… Read More
April 14, 2024 –
The Third Sunday of Easter [Year B]
Fr. Thomas Hoisington Acts 3:13-15,17-19 + 1 John 2:1-5 + Luke 24:35-48 … Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of bread. At some point after the Resurrection, the disciples… Read More
April 7, 2024 –
Divine Mercy Sunday [Year B]
Fr. Drew Hoffman I’ve always felt for St. Thomas the Apostle. The man asks for proof from the Apostles that Jesus has risen from the dead, and he gets… Read More
March 31, 2024 –
Easter Sunday
Fr. Thomas Hoisington Acts 10:34,37-43 + Colossians 3:1-4 [or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8] + John 20:1-9 So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. Easter is… Read More
March 24, 2024 –
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion [Year B]
Fr. Michael Brungardt Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 As we begin this Holy Week, we enter into the heart of the Pascal Mystery of Christ. And the Church tells the priest something… Read More
March 17, 2024 –
The Fifth Sunday of Lent [Year B]
Fr. Gabriel Greer In recent years, we have heard frequently the term “New Evangelization.” Pope John Paul II first used the term New Evangelization, which was encouraged by Pope Benedict… Read More
March 10, 2024 –
The Fourth Sunday of Lent [Year B]
Fr. Matt Siegman On the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sundays of Lent this year, we notice that there are two different options for our readings at Mass. Depending on your… Read More
February 25, 2024 –
The Second Sunday of Lent [Year B]
Fr. Drew Hoffman The first few months of the New Year are often difficult for people… cold weather, longing for the bygone holiday season, failed New Year’s resolutions. But I’ve… Read More
February 18, 2024 –
The First Sunday of Lent
Fr. Jacob Carlin In the Gospel today we hear the timeless phrase for Lent: “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” It seems natural in this season to repent and sacrifice.… Read More
February 11, 2024 –
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time [Year B]
Fr. Michael Brungardt Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45 I think we have all heard of leprosy once or twice. For most of us,… Read More
February 4, 2024 –
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time [Year B]
Fr. Gabriel Greer Recently, I spent six weeks in Ecuador on Spanish immersion. Midway through my program, we traveled to Riobamba to see Ecuador’s oldest Catholic Church ruins and the… Read More