Timothy O’Malley prepares us for the Sixth Sunday of Easter by posing the questions: Why am I affiliated? Why do I belong to the Church? Why do I stay? We hear in first John 4:8, “Whoever is without love does not know
For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Timothy O’Malley explores the Gospel reading in which Christ tells us that we must abide in him. But what does that mean for today’s Christians? “Abiding is prophetic language for us late moderns. We are formed
On the occasion of his son’s first Communion, Tim O’Malley writes for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, “Know that when you receive Our Lord in the Eucharist, not just today but for the rest of your life, the Good Shepherd gives himself
For the Third Sunday of Easter, Timothy O’Malley about the disciples’ encounter with Jesus on the Road to Emmaus. The disciples recognized the risen Lord in the breaking of the bread. Tim writes: “There is something about the resurrected body of Jesus
For the Second Sunday of Easter, Timothy O’Malley focuses in this week’s Scripture reflection on unity in the Church. Acts serves as a prophetic icon to the Church, reminding us of our original vocation to unite all men and women in a
In preparing us to celebrate Easter, Timothy O’Malley takes a line from Peter in Acts, saying, “You know what happened all over Judea.” But O’Malley goes deeper, writing of a notional assent. A notional assent means that we understand the terms of
Timothy O’Malley prepares us this week for the celebration of Palm Sunday. Tim says, “Palm Sunday seeks to shake us out of this overly familiar posture toward the central mystery of salvation. As the death of Christ is proclaimed, as we hear
Preparing us for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Timothy O’Malley writes that “in the waning days of Lent, we are invited to participate in this new covenant of love in the flesh. Christ’s very body and blood is given to us every
For the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Tim O’Malley writes about the proclamation from Chronicles, that we are thrown into the divine judgment of the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem. The whole people were unfaithful to the covenant, they polluted
Timothy O’Malley writes for the Third Sunday of Lent about Jesus raising a ruckus in the temple, which was turned into a marketplace. God gave us the Ten Commandments to avoid leading our hearts into idolatry. Jesus “knows the human heart because