When a pastor or other staff person leaves a parish, it is often a time of sadness, but also an opportunity to send them with our prayers and God’s blessings into whatever new community or ministry God is calling them. … Read More
The first time I realized that the Church has something to say about the dignity of work was when I first read Lumen Gentium, Gaudium et Spes and Pope John Paul II’s Laborem Exercens. Those documents helped me see that … Read More
You won’t find his feast day on your liturgical calendar, but four days after tax day in the U.S. is always a great day to remember this apocryphal saint. And to paraphrase what we say about good stories, all saint … Read More
Prayer When You Have Nothing Left to Give Lord, I have nothing left to give. I’m exhausted and worn out. Yet so many still ask for more. Grant me that last ounce of strength that sustained you on the cross … Read More
As we enter into the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, right on the heels of the shortest Advent possible, here are two offerings that might sustain you if you find yourself weary and depleted from all you do … Read More
Advent has a twofold character: [I]t is a time of preparation for the Solemnities of Christmas, in which the First Coming of the Son of God to humanity is remembered, and likewise a time when, by remembrance of this, minds … Read More
Readings for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Year A I see them, Lord, every morning, standing on the same street corner. They hold their tattered signs— “will work for food”— with every bit of … Read More
God, bless all the people we will meet. Let our visit with them be a pleasant treat. Whatever the costumes we wear tonight, may we all be clothed with Christ’s light. Protect us from danger and the devil’s ways, that … Read More
It can become quite easy for liturgists to fall prey to the sin of idolatry, making the things of the liturgy—rules and rubrics, symbols and actions, all the things of the senses—greater than the work of the Holy Spirit. Don’t … Read More
I have to admit, God, that sometimes it’s hard to even call your name. On days like this I can’t help but think that if you had been there, we wouldn’t be here— —here in a world where so much … Read More