Readings (Year A): Exodus 22:20 – 26Psalms 18:2 – 3, 3 – 4, 47, 511 Thessalonians 1:5c – 10Matthew 22:34 – 40 Reflection: The...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
In Rome, one of my favorite places to take my students is the Catacombs of St. Callixtus. There is something mysterious about descending below ground, almost...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 45:1, 4 – 6Psalms 96:1, 3, 4 – 5, 7 – 8, 9 – 101 Thessalonians 1:1 – 5bMatthew 22:15 – 21...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 25:6 – 10aPsalms 23:1 – 3a, 3b – 4, 5, 6Philippians 4:12 – 14, 19 – 20Matthew 22:1 – 14...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 5:1 – 7Psalms 80:9, 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, 19 – 20Philippians 4:6 – 9Matthew 21:33 – 43...
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.”(1 John...
Readings (Year A): Ezekiel 18:25 – 28Psalms 25:4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8 – 9Philippians 2:1 – 11Matthew 21:28 – 32 Reflection:...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 55:6 – 9Psalms 145:2 – 3, 8 – 9, 17 – 18Philippians 1:20c – 24, 27aMatthew 20:1 – 16a Reflection:...
Sixty years ago, on August 28, 1963, a young Black minister addressed what was the largest assembly of civil rights protesters in the nation’s history. He...
Readings (Year A): Sirach 27:30 – 28:7Psalms 103:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 9 – 10, 11 – 12Romans 14:7 – 9Matthew 18:21 – 35...
