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February 2024

February 04, 2024
Jesus' healing of Peter's mother-in-law from today's Gospel has a lot to say about our...

December 2023

December 09, 2023
I don’t like to admit it, but I’m a bah-humbug kind of gal. The weeks...

November 2023

November 04, 2023
At Wednesday's All Saints’ Day Mass, we celebrated the spiritual G.O.A.T.’s that have “come marching...

October 2023

October 07, 2023
This week's Gospel reading asks us to give up our usual way of computing value...

September 2023

September 04, 2023
Last week, I wrote about the declining numbers of those who align with organized religion....

August 2023

August 27, 2023
The title of an opinion piece published this week by acclaimed New York Times columnist...

June 2023

June 04, 2023
The complex doctrine of the Holy Trinity can be described in many ways. Perhaps the...

May 2023

May 28, 2023
Recent guidance by the APA and the U.S. Surgeon General makes it clear that social...
May 27, 2023
What if Pentecost is less about the descent of the Holy Spirit from outside of...
May 22, 2023
Yesterday's gospel reading begs the question: if Jesus ascended into heaven over 2,000 years ago,...
May 17, 2023
The gospel readings from Easter to the Ascension depict Jesus saying goodbye to his disciples....
May 13, 2023
The gospel for the Sixth Sunday of Easter provides confirmation of the radical organizational chart...
May 04, 2023
May the 4th  might be the most interesting non-holiday holiday on the calendar! It's the...
May 02, 2023
The fourth Sunday in Easter opens the door to what it means to have the...

April 2023

April 25, 2023
Jesus said that those who "hunger and thirst for righteousness" are blessed in the Beatitudes,...
April 19, 2023
Today's gospel readings culminate in what may be the most frequently quoted line in the...
April 16, 2023
Poor "Doubting Thomas." The focal point of today's gospel reading, he's usually thought of as ...
April 09, 2023
Holy Week has led to this day: Easter Sunday. Perhaps taking a closer look at...
April 07, 2023
Good Friday is far more about life than death. Three often overlooked elements of the...
April 06, 2023
The gospel reading for Holy Thursday points to the heart of the Christian message. Unfortunately,...
April 05, 2023
Wednesday of Holy Week invites us to explore what we mean when we speak of...
April 04, 2023
Tuesday of Holy Week takes us deeper into the drama of Jesus' fate. It also...
April 03, 2023
Yesterday, I wrote that on one level, the lengthy gospel reading for Palm Sunday is...
April 03, 2023
Palm Sunday invites us to follow Jesus on his journey to the cross and beyond...

March 2023

March 25, 2023
The Gospel of Jesus and the Gospel of Ted Lasso share a common theme: judge...
March 19, 2023
The gospel reading on the Fourth Sunday of Lent is all about what it means...
March 14, 2023
We've examined Pope Francis' conference, AP ranking, tournament performance, and stats. Now it's time to...
March 11, 2023
The Gospel readings for the third Sunday of Lent challenge us to rethink what it...
March 10, 2023
Since 2003, every NCAA tournament winner scored above identified benchmarks in field goal percentage, points...
March 06, 2023
A third predictor of NCAA tournament success is prior success in the conference tournament leading...
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