Palm Sunday – In the Upper Room
Palm Sunday, Year A Matthew 26:14- 27:66 In the Upper Room Every Sunday during the Eucharistic Prayer, I imagine myself at the Last Supper. I am in the Upper Room, the stone walls lit by candles, surrounded by friends. I…
5th Sunday of Lent – Another Kind of Temptation for Jesus?
5th Sunday of Lent, Year A John 11:1-44 Another Kind of Temptation for Jesus? Jesus waits two days before He goes to his friend Lazarus who is dying. Jesus knows the situation is dire. He knows that through Him, God…
4th Sunday of Lent – What Do We Know For Sure?
4th Sunday of Lent, Year A John 9: 1-41 What Do We Know For Sure? I think God is trying to tell me something. A few days ago in America Magazine I read, “My therapist is helping me deal with…
3rd Sunday of Lent: An Unexpected Lesson from the Woman at the Well
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A John 4:5-42 An Unexpected Lesson from the Woman at the Well As I read the story of the Woman at the Well, I looked hard for a nugget, something I hadn’t noticed or heard…
I’m bored.
I’m bored. I have been contemplating taking a break from screen tech. All of it. Phone. TV. Tablet. iWatch. Computer. All. Of. It. It’s more difficult than you might think, and I thought it was going to be pretty difficult…
Second Sunday of Lent – The Transfiguration
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year A Matthew 17:1-8 The Transfiguration I wonder if Jesus needed to experience the Transfiguration as much as His apostles needed to witness it? The Transfiguration was, quite literally, a mountaintop experience. He had taken Peter,…