The Assumption of Mary: Luke 1:39-56 On this feast, we praise God who has taken the sinless Virgin Mary, body and soul, into His glory. In our first reading, from Revelation, we find God’s temple in heaven opened and the…

Scott Hahn - 19th Sunday: John 6:41-51 Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today’s First Reading. We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures—that we seem to be getting no better at doing what God wants…

Scott Hahn - 18th Sunday: John 6:24-35 Endurance Test: The journey of discipleship is a lifelong exodus from the slavery of sin and death to the holiness of truth on Mount Zion, the promised land of eternal life. The road…

Scott Hahn - 17th Sunday: John 6:1-15 Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people. Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel…

Scott Hahn - 16th Sunday: Mark 6:30-34 As the Twelve return from their first missionary journey in today’s Gospel, our readings continue to reflect on the authority and mission of the Church. Jeremiah says in the First Reading that Israel’s leaders,…

Scott Hahn - 15th Sunday: Mark 6:7-13 In commissioning the Apostles in today’s Gospel, Jesus gives them, and us, a preview of His Church’s mission after the Resurrection. His instructions to the Twelve echo those of God to the twelve…

A Prayer for Independence God, source of all freedom, this day is bright with the memory of those that declared that life and liberty are your gift to every human being. Help us to continue a good work begun long…

Jesus heals the crowd: Mark 5:21-43 Jesus often has a crowd around him, and in this Gospel account, the crowd is walking with Jesus on his way to heal the daughter of Jarius. Suddenly Jesus says he is aware of…

Christ & the coming storm: Mark 4:35-41 The crises of life have often been compared to stormy seas. They come upon us whether we like it or not. They terrify us. They knock us around and threaten to destroy all…

Christ and the Eucharist Mk 4:26-34 So much of what makes Mark a theologically compelling narrative resides in the confusion and mystery that propel the plot forward. Jesus generates amazement but also misunderstanding. Apparent insiders stumble along and abandon Jesus…

Christ and the Eucharist: Mk 14:12-26 While each celebration of the Eucharist is a memorial of Christ’s sacrifice, today, the Church draws attention to the connection between Christ’s sacrifice and the Eucharistic sacrifice. Every time we celebrate the Eucharist, we…

Go and make disciples: Mt 28:16-20 The kingdom of the earth could represent the material, secular parts of life; and the kingdom of heaven, the sacred, ethereal parts. But a true reading of Matthew is that both kingdoms include all…