Today we come to the end of the Christmas season with a scene that is both beautiful and surprising: Jesus standing in line with sinners, stepping into the waters of […]

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. The word epiphany means a revelation, a showing forth. What is revealed today is not simply a child in a manger, but […]

The Christmas season invites us to slow down and to look again – more deeply – at the mystery we have been celebrating. After the shepherds, the angels, and the […]

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. At first glance, it may seem that this family is set on a pedestal so high that […]

Tonight, we gather in the quiet and the darkness – at a time when the world itself seems to pause. Outside, the nights are long, the days are short, and […]

The gospel today invites us to pause and reflect with the quiet almost hidden  figure of Joseph. Its amazing to see that Joseph does not speak a single word. Yet […]

Our gospel today is very striking. We might expect joy to come wrapped in certainty and confidence. Instead, we meet John the Baptist in prison, uncertain and questioning. This same […]

Advent is a season of promise.  In today’s readings – especially the Gospel – we hear a clear call: “Stay awake!” At first, these words may sound like a warning, […]

In today’s Gospel, we find ourselves at the foot of the Cross – an unusual place to proclaim a king. There is no throne here, no crown of gold, no […]

In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks words that at first sound unsettling: the Temple will fall, nations will be in turmoil, people will be betrayed even by those closest to them. […]