Sunday’s Readings: Jb 38:1, 8-11; 2 Cor 5:14-17; Mk 4:35-41Lecturas del Dia THE WIND AND THE SEALiving along the shores of Lake Superior— the “big lake,” as the locals call it—you can often hear the advice, “Respect the lake; don’t take it for granted.” People who know Lake Superior respect its power and watch out…
Sunday’s Readings: Ez 17:22-24; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34Lecturas del Dia GOD’S TIMEWe either pay attention to or ignore “clock time” as we play in the summer sun and note the earth’s tilt and the lengthening days. We live by time. We reckon time in seconds and minutes and hours, or we use broader chunks…
Sunday’s Readings: Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 Lecturas del Dia SACRIFICEToday the Church focuses on the Eucharist. Today’s readings remind us how connected to ancient blood sacrifices we are when offering our unbloody sacrifice. The reading from Exodus describes a solemn ritual designed so the Israelites would never forget their covenant with God.…
Sunday’s Readings: Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20Lecturas del Dia THE MYSTERY OF THE BLESSED TRINITYToday we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Church sets aside this Sunday to focus our attention on the mystery of the Blessed Trinity, God who is one, but three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The…
Sunday’s Reading’s: Gn 11:1-9; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39Lecturas del Dia LORD, SEND OUT YOUR SPIRITIn today’s responsorial psalm the Church sings out: “Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.” All three readings describe how God has answered that prayer already. In the first reading from the Acts of the Apostlesand…
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mk 16:15-20Lecturas del dia THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ASCENSIONThe theological unity, or perhaps even the temporal experience of the early community, made it seem that Jesus’ resurrection and his ascension were inseparable aspects of a single mystery. Only in the later writings of Luke and John has further theological…
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17Lecturas del Dias THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRITWe have a unique episode in the Acts of the Apostles today. A whole roomful of people are baptized with the Holy Spirit before they are baptized with water! The verb used—“the Holy Spirit ‘fell’ on them”…
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 9:26-31; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8Lecturas del Dia BEARING FRUITFew of us, even when we meditate on the image of the vine and branches, stop to really think about how God “prunes” us. For some there is the danger of thinking that we are already producing fruit for the kingdom, in deed…
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 4:8-12; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18Lecturas del Dia RESPONDING TO THE CALLDo we truly know the voice of Christ? Do we truly respond to the voice of our shepherd with our owndistinctive voice? How often we attempt to imitate those around us, appropriating the response of anothermember of the flock to Christ.…
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48Lecturas del Dia FULFILLMENTIt is interesting that during the Easter season, when we do not hear a reading from the Old Testament, it becomes so important. This is particularly true today. Peter’s speech begins with a prayer formula familiar to Jews: “The God of Abraham .…