Today’s readings for Mass continue the call of Lent to ‘return to the Lord.’ The call today is for us to recognize our sin in the face of the righteousness of God. The Prophet Ezekiel speaks of ‘wicked men’ and the need to turn away from sin. Do we Read more…
Dear Friends, I pray your Lenten journey ‘back to God’ has begun well. Let us pray for one another that this may be a fruitful Lenten exercise for all of God’s people. Today’s readings make clear that our practices of penance are meant to lead us to true conversion. In Read more…
The readings this weekend send us once again to labor on God’s behalf in the world. God’s mercy allows for the human conversion that is necessary for building God’s Kingdom; building a ‘new humanity’ which is ‘up to the standards of God’s plan of love in history.’ Conversion necessarily speaks Read more…
Here are some thoughts from today’s homily at Mass marking the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade: Love, Truth, Morality: These things are not mutually exclusive, though if one listens only to the public debate of our time, they would think they are. If the only way for a person to Read more…