Over the last couple of weeks now in our Gospels, we have heard parables from Jesus that have focused on being prepared for the end times, stories that are meant to remind us of the importance of being prepared for when the Lord comes again. Last week, we heard the parable of the wise virgins…
As we see in our Gospel this morning, everyone in the time of Jesus wanted to know when the Messiah would come, they wanted to know when God was going to establish His Kingdom on earth. But Jesus’ response to those questions reveal the misconception that people had about the Kingdom of God, the misconception…
The end of the liturgical year is fast approaching; in fact, we are now only two weeks away from the Feast of Christ the King and the season of Advent will be beginning soon. Because of that, the readings for our Masses have become a little more eschatological, meaning they have started to focus on…
Today the universal Church remembers St. Martin of Tours. And I think it is appropriate that today we also remember Veteran’s Day because Martin is one of our saints that served in the military. Martin was born in the early 300s into a pagan family in what is today Hungary. He was named after Mars,…
Excuses, excuses, excuses. In our Gospel today, we hear the Parable of the Great Feast and how so many of the people who were invited to this banquet came up with excuses to get out of attending. And honestly, the excuses weren’t even that great…they really weren’t good enough reasons to cancel. So, what’s the…
So often in our lives as Christians, we are criticized for the things that we believe, the truths that we hold fast to, the things that we celebrate. People often say that we’re old fashioned or clinging to traditions from centuries ago. Many, even within our families, might think we’re a little crazy for continuing…
“Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida!” In this morning’s Gospel, Jesus does not have kind words for the people who live in these two cities. Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum are the cities that make up what is called the “Evangelical Triangle”…they are the cities where Jesus did most of His preaching and the…
Today we are celebrating the feast of St. Faustina Kowalska. Many of us are somewhat aware of who she was and that our devotion to the Divine Mercy comes from the apparitions and mystical experiences that she had of Jesus throughout her life. Thankfully for the Church, many of those apparitions were written down and…
This morning we celebrate the Memorial of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, twin brothers who were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. The two were physicians who would offer their medical services to the poor and the rich alike. Because of their faith, they believed it was a duty to give back to others…
In our first reading this morning from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians, we hear about what has come to be known as the universal call to holiness. Each of us, because we have received the identity of being sons and daughters of God by way of our baptism, has this universal vocation. That…
Fr. Tom Pringle 