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By Helen Graham, M.M. Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary TimeJuly 13, 2025Dt 30:10-14 | Col 1:15-20 | Lk 10:25-37 Our readings today are concerned with interpretation. The phrase “it is not in heaven” from Deuteronomy (30:12) served as a kind of watchword for the ancient rabbis. There is a famous story in the Talmud of a discussion concerning proper ...

By John Keegan, M.M. July 6, 2025Is 66:10-14c | Gal 6:14-18 | Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 “The Lord appointed a further seventy-two and sent them in pairs before him. … He said, “Say to them, ‘The reign of God is at hand.’” — Luke 10: 1, 9 The seventy-two, sent in pairs by Jesus, are to say: “The reign of God is at hand.” What can that phra...

By Gabe Hurrish Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, ApostlesJune 29, 2025Acts 12:1-11 | 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18 | Mt 16:13-19 “For this we toil and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all. ” ~1 Timothy 4:10 I have been working in “intentional” mission for much of my life. I say “intentional” because ...

By Delia Marie “Dee” Smith, M.M. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristJune 22, 2025Gn 14:18-20 | 1 Cor 11:23-26 | Lk 9:11b-17 Today we celebrate the feast of the Body of Christ and remember the offering Christ gave to us when he said, ‘Take this and eat for this is my body,’ and later he took the cup of wine and said, ‘T...

By Lance Nadeau, M.M. Most Holy TrinityJune 15, 2025Prv 8:22-31 | Rom 5:1-5 | Jn 16:12-15 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we even boast of o...

By Stephen Veryser Pentecost SundayJune 8, 2025Acts 2:1-11 | 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 | Jn 20:19-23 Like most cradle Catholics of my generation, I was confirmed as a sophomore in high school. The event was most memorable for the length of the Mass, meeting the bishop in person (in his mitre, of course), and the party at our house afterward. It felt lik...

By Darlene Jacobs, M.M. Seventh Sunday of EasterJune 1, 2025Acts 7:55-60 | Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 | John 17:20-26 I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent m...

By Paschal Madukwa Sixth Sunday of EasterMay 25, 2025Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 | Rv 21:10-14, 22-23 | Jn 14:23-29 In today’s Gospel, as Jesus bids farewell to his disciples, he reassures them: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love them.” These words were said many centuries ago. Do they still speak to us today? And how can we ...

By Antoinette (Nonie) Gutzler, M.M. May 11, 2025Acts 13:14, 43-52 | Rv 7:9, 14b-17 | Jn 10:27-30 As the memory of Pope Francis lingers in our hearts, the words of today’s Gospel from St. John, “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me,” capture well the meaning of Francis’ life and papacy. The crowds lining up to pay their re...