Be ready for Mass on Trinity Sunday! Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini writes that to fully appreciate the gift of God’s love for us, we have to better understand his incarnation: “If the Son truly is ‘true God from true God … consubstantial
In preparing us for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, in which we celebrate Christ’s ascension to heaven, Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini answers the question of why Jesus rose to heaven. She writes: “Christ being enthroned and ‘sitting at the right hand’ of
Be ready for Mass! Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini explores the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter and looks at the mystery of the Kingdom of God: The Book of Revelation seems to suggest that we are, somehow, already [in the Kingdom]!
Be ready for Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter! Scripture columnist Catherine Cavadini explores the reading from John’s Gospel, where Christ invites the disciples to have breakfast with him: “John often contrasts night and day to help us see the ‘light’
In her latest Opening the Word column, Catherine Cavadini prepares us for the great Easter Vigil Mass, when we will sing again, “Alleluia!” Cavadini writes: “From a recognition of the goodness of creation itself to the particular good of our own ‘rescue,’
In Opening the Word Scripture reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Catherine Cavadini explores the unifying aspect of celebrating the Eucharist together: “There is something interesting in the readings for this week, worth considering in some detail and with an eye
In her “Opening the Word” column for the Third Sunday of Lent, Catherine Cavadini expains the first reading from Exodus in which Moses asks God to reveal his name in case the Israelites ask for it. God says, “I am who I
For the First Sunday of Lent, Catherine Cavadini writes in Opening the Word Scripture reflection that Lent is a time of akesis, which means training: “Indeed, it is a time for exercising our freedom to love. How do we train ourselves to
For the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Catherine Cavadini recounts the Gospel through the eyes of Dorothy Day, the co-founder of The Catholic Worker movement, writing: “‘I only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.’ These
In preparing us for Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Catherine Cavadini explores the readings, which feature unexpected confessions from Isaiah, St Paul and St. Peter, all of whom admit their unworthiness to be called by God. Cavadini writes: “Yet