“Tis the Season to be Hopeful” Last year at this time I was preaching at the all-school Mass during the first week of Advent, explaining to our youngsters how Advent is a two-part season of hope: the First Coming and Second Coming of Christ. The approach was based on the following text from the Universal … Continued
Sunrise, Sunset The 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, which won an Oscar for best music, featured the moving song Sunrise, Sunset. The scene is a Jewish wedding where the entire community, each holding a candle, processes at sundown to the wedding site where the groom, in black suit and top hat, is waiting for … Continued
Tempus fugit! Has anyone noticed lately that the sun is setting lower in the sky, or that the duration of our daylight is slowly shrinking? Could it be that summer is slipping away and coming closer to an end? Say it ain’t so! To all of the Doubting Thomases among us, please be advised of … Continued
Lent, O Lent, Where Didst Thou Go? Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – the beginning of Holy Week! With Easter only a week away, it seems as though Lent just flew by this year, even though there are a few days left to go (Lent officially ends when the Mass of the Lord’s Supper … Continued
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. (Proverbs 4:18) Happy 6th Week of Ordinary Time! Our responsorial Psalm today is Psalm 1, one of my favorite Psalms. It is brief, but clearly distinguishes the life of the ‘blessed one’ from the life … Continued