Preparing us for Pentecost, Catherine Cavadini looks at the language and imagery of light in Genesis and the Acts of the Apostles. Luke describes Pentecost as the sound of a “strong driving wind” that announced the descent of a fiery light, coming
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time! Father Joshua Whitfield examines how the Pharisees try to entrap Jesus by asking, “Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?" After viewing a Roman coin, Jesus
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Catherine Cavadini writes about the parable of the wedding feast. This feast is about being with the Lord, who loves us and desires to be with us. We learn just how
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield focuses on Paul’s astounding invitation to be anxious about nothing at all. But there is a challenge. Refitted for our own time, then perhaps Paul’s advice would go
Be prepared for Mass this Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, columnist Catherine Cavadini uses the optional memorial of St. Thérèse readings and reflects upon the “little way,” which the saint described as the vocation
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield reflects on the parable of the landowner who hires laborers for his vineyard. The parable teaches us something about the inscrutable justice of God and the strange calculations
Be prepared for Mass this Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, columnist Catherine Cavadini summarizes the Gospel: “We must love ‘as’ the king loves, and so we must forgive ‘as’ he forgives through an imitation
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield reflects on the words “against you” in Matthew’s Gospel, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.” With the
Be ready for Mass for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, columnist Catherine Cavadini reflects on two petitions of the Our Father — “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done” — and how in
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time! Father Joshua Whitfield reflects on Jesus giving the keys of heaven to Peter. What Peter opens is opened too; what Peter shuts is shut too. But what’s opened or closed through
Be ready for Mass for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, columnist Catherine Cavadini reflects upon the Canaanite woman who asks Jesus to heal her daughter. The woman identifies herself as a “dog” seeking