The Solemnity of All Saints 2020 – Cycle A – Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a All Saints homily on the occasion of full initiation rites for those who were to have been initiated at the … Continue reading →

The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 – Cycle A – Exodus 22:20-26, Psalm 18; 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10; Matthew 22:34-40 As Christians we long ago lost, forgot, or discarded our spiritual memory of enslavement in Egypt. In speaking against anti-Semitism … Continue reading →

The Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 – Cycle A – Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; Psalm 96; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b; Matthew 22:15-21 “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God”. Today’s teaching from Jesus underscores … Continue reading →

The Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 – Cycle A – Isaiah 25:6-10a; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14 In 1976 the bishops of our country issued a modest statement. It was a call to all Catholics…“to become informed … Continue reading →

The Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi 2020 – Cycle A – Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43 Eight centuries ago in a small walled Tuscan hill town there lived a youthful … Continue reading →