Tomorrow officially marks the end of the liturgical year; Sunday we begin the Season of Advent. Over the next couple of days, it might be quite beneficial for all of us to consider if there is some way we could foster a deepening of faith in this upcoming season. What is the Lord inviting us…
Mother Teresa once said: “Many today are starving for ordinary bread. But there is another kind of hunger – the hunger to be wanted, to be loved, to be recognized. Nakedness, too, is not just the want of clothes, but also about loss of dignity, purity, self-respect. And homelessness is not just want of a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In our Gospel this morning, the Lord is reminding us that there are two options where we can spend eternity. We will either end up in heaven or in hell. I wish it weren’t the case, but I think we need that reminder pretty regularly. For all of us, our experiences show us that there…
Fr. Tom Pringle 