Pentecost Sunday Jn 20:19-23 May 28, 2023 The Hubble Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990. The James Webb Telescope was launched on Christmas Day, 2021. Webb is said to be 100 ...
The Ascension of the Lord Mt 28:16-20 May 21, 2023 It’s graduation season. The invitations to Open Houses are flooding the Post Office (although a lot of people are using email the...
Sixth Sunday of Easter Jn 14:15-21 May 14, 2023 There is a line in this Sunday’s Second Reading that deserves a second beat. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who as...
Fifth Sunday of Easter Jn 14:1-12 May 7, 2023 Families with “troubled hearts” come to their parish to prepare the liturgy celebrating a loved one who has died. As they hear and con...
Fourth Sunday of Easter Jn 10:1-10 April 30, 2023 Computer geeks are far better able to explain this than I am, but I do know that there is a BIG difference between speech recognit...
Third Sunday of Easter Lk 24:13-35 April 23, 2023 A Christian “blogger” invited his followers to complete the sentence: l need the Resurrection because… There were a number of powe...
Sunday of Divine Mercy Jn 20:19-31 April 16, 2023 Several years ago, I had to undergo a surgery that left a gaping wound on the top of my forehead. The surgical site required a gre...
The Resurrection of the Lord Jn 20:1-9 April 9, 2023 As I sit here, reflecting on Easter, I have as inspiration a growing stack of greeting cards from friends. There are no “bunnie...
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Mt 26:14—27:66 April 2, 2023 The month of May will begin with some very historic events. The coronation of the King of England will take pla...
Fifth Sunday of Lent Jn 11:1-45 March 26, 2023 Morning prayer this past Monday included a beautiful Intercession that I found especially inspiring. Help us to welcome spring with a...
Fourth Sunday of Lent Jn 9:1-41 March 19, 2023 The Academy Awards aired last Sunday. In the days and even weeks building up to the show, there was a lot of news about the nominees ...
Third Sunday of Lent Jn 4:5-42 March 12, 2023 I did a double take when I first noticed the car in front of me had a license plate with a dark blue background and bright yellow numb...
Second Sunday of Lent Mt 17:1-9 March 5, 2023 Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently made the news, and not because of some spectacular play on the football fiel...
First Sunday of Lent Mt 4:1-11 February 26, 2023 I recently watched a “JESUS MOVIE” on television that I personally found to be especially inspirational. It left me with the feelin...
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 5:38-48 February 19, 2023 Have you ever gone to the grocery store JUST to buy a loaf of bread or maybe a quart of milk only to walk out after spe...
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 5:17-37 February 12, 2023 Ash Wednesday is less than two weeks away! For many people we pass in the grocery store, or encounter on the other side o...
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 5:13-16 February 5, 2023 “The National Prayer Breakfast” is a decades old tradition. Held in Washington D.C. on the first Thursday of February, the...
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 5:1-12a January 29, 2023 I told my iPhone to connect me to “YouTube” and asked to see any homilies that one of my favorite theologian/author/preac...
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 January 22, 2023 One Sunday morning, having proclaimed and then preached on today’s Gospel, a person stopped me on the way out o...
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn 1:29-34 January 15, 2023 Last fall I was invited to join a group of college friends for a “Big Chill” weekend up north. I hadn’t seen several of t...
The Epiphany of the Lord Mt 2:1-12 January 8, 2023 Today’s Gospel is the story of star power versus STAR POWER. Thanks to modern communications, there is an entire galaxy of stars ...
Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God Lk 2:16-21 January 1, 2023 Most people know that the first book of the Old Testament is called “Genesis “or “The Beginning.” And most people al...
The Nativity of the Lord Lk 2:1-14 December 25, 2022 In the middle of December, mid-Advent, Nouvel Catholic Central High School staged a production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. The produc...
Fourth Sunday of Advent Mt 1:18-24 December 18, 2022 THIS IS HOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST CAME ABOUT. A young woman was specially prepared by God and the righteous man to whom she...
Third Sunday of Advent Mt 11:2-11 December 11, 2022 Several years ago, the television program The Antiques Roadshow was filmed on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mic...
Second Sunday of Advent Mt 3:1-12 December 4, 2022 Pop singer Taylor Swift is about to go out on tour again. Even Congress has taken note. The demand for tickets has been so great ...
First Sunday of Advent Mt 24:37-44 November 27, 2022 Appreciating how essential a “good night’s sleep” is to overall health and well being, more experts are making recommendations ...
