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Things do not begin well in our first reading today. We hear about Job, a broken man. He has been assigned “months of misery” and “troubled nights,” and he laments that he “shall not see happiness again.” But Job is wrong, our responsorial psalm proclaims: Praise the Lord, who heals…
We are now a little more than four weeks into the new year and the weather in the Midwest gives the impression that it is reflecting the mood of the nation. We have had far more cloudy and oppressive days than those that are bright and revealing. Nature seems to…
In our second reading this Sunday, Paul says, I should like you to be free from anxieties (1 Cor 7:32-35). We are still in our anxiety-driven COVID year. The disease itself has been bad enough, but its collateral damage is also hugely anxiety-producing — the economic consequences for many people,…
Today’s Gospel might sound like last week’s! Today is Mark’s version of Jesus calling his first apostles; last week we heard John’s account. In both Gospel versions the disciples respond immediately to Jesus. They leave everything and follow him without hesitation. But this week our Gospel is paired with a…
This week (Jan 18-25) is the Week of Christian Unity. Formerly called the Church Unity Octave, it is a week of prayer that begins with the feast of the Chair of St. Peter and ends with the feast of the Conversion of Paul. This year’s theme is “Abide in my…
Many Native American tribes have ceremonies called vision quests, an Anglicized umbrella term. The ceremonies help young men find their purpose in life, their role in a community, and how they may best serve the People (the tribe). This is the liturgical year (B) when our Sunday Gospels often are…
Today we celebrate the feast called “little Christmas” — traditionally January 6, or the “12th day of Christmas.” Our liturgical calendar transfers Epiphany to the nearest Sunday, but in some parts of the world January 6 is still the day when gifts are exchanged — commemorating the gifts brought to…
Blood is thicker than water, the saying goes. Blood feuds, ethnic cleansing — world history is full of violence that comes of defending these sacred bonds of blood. Consider how revolutionary the Gospel of Jesus Christ was and is. It teaches that we are one because we all have the…
(“O” Antiphon for December 21) It’s nearly the winter solstice; days continue to grow shorter and sometimes the nights seem endless. Perhaps it seems more so this year with the mayhem that an uncontrollable virus has wreaked on us. Not too often do we experience the utter powerlessness that comes…
At my recent Medicare annual wellness visit, I was struck by how many times the nurse assistant and then my doctor came back to the issue of how I am socializing in the midst of this pandemic. After the doctor and I had a conversation about how COVID-19 has caused…
