Readings (Year B): Prv 9:1-6Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7Eph 5:15-20Jn 6:51-58 Reflection: Wisdom calls us to her feast In today’s first reading from Proverbs, we hear...
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When our capitalist culture tells us we need to be thinner, richer, fitter, or younger, we recognize that someone, somewhere is trying to sell us something...
Readings (Year B): 1 Kgs 19:4-8Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9Eph 4:30—5:2Jn 6:41-51 Reflection: The meal that unites us Elijah the prophet is running for his life...
Readings (Year B): Ex 16:2-4, 12-15Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54Eph 4:17, 20-24Jn 6:24-35 Reflection: The bread of eternal life In August 1943, a Frenchwoman lay...
Readings (Year B): 2 Kings 4:42 – 44Psalm 145:10 – 11, 15 – 16, 17 – 18Ephesians 4:1 – 6John 6:1 – 15 Reflection: They had...
As a former user of natural family planning (NFP) with my wife, I’ve never given National NFP Awareness Week serious attention. But with the Dobbs decision...
Readings (Year B): Jeremiah 23:1 – 6Psalms 23:1 – 3, 3 – 4, 5, 6Ephesians 2:13 – 18Mark 6:30 – 34 Reflection: A place to rest a...
Readings (Year B): Amos 7:12 – 15Psalms 85:9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14Ephesians 1:3 – 14 or 1:3 – 10Mark 6:7 – 13...
A 2019 Pew Research Center survey indicated that nearly 31 percent of U.S. Catholics doubt the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. This survey prompted...
Readings (Year B): Ezekiel 2:2 – 5Psalms 123: 1 – 2, 2, 3 – 42 Corinthians 12: 7 – 10Mark 6: 1 – 6 Reflection: Celebrate the gifts of the...
