Category Archives: Ordinary Time 2020

Jul 10 2020

Shrewdly Simple

Click here for daily readings “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” Similes are very specific types of metaphors. (English teacher moment; ...

Jul 09 2020

The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand

Click here for daily readings Today we hear Jesus tell His Apostles their mission. In this Gospel, He urges them to proclaim that the Kingdom of heaven is at hand, to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and drive...

Jul 08 2020

The Kingdom of God is at Hand

Click here for daily readings The phrase ‘the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God, is at hand is mentioned one hundred and twenty-two times in the gospels. We heard it twice today. I had to pause and sit with this state...

Jul 07 2020

What Do I Want?

Click here for daily readings What is the most important thing for you today? What do you look forward to? What is waiting for you when you finish the work that must be done, the thing you are eager for? Today’s liturgy r...

Jul 06 2020

Faith That Saves

Click here for daily readings A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak. She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.” Jesus turn...

Feb 27 2020

The Road Begins Here

Click here for daily readings As I’ve probably shared here before, I live in a very small town that has a very big housing problem: second-home owners, seasonal rentals, and gentrification mean that it’s an increasin...

Feb 26 2020

Memento Mori

Click here for daily readings In his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s protagonist embraces a life of complete hedonism, participating in any debauchery that presents itself. His saving grace, or so he ...

Feb 25 2020

Lessons in Humility

Click here for daily readings Today’s readings are all about being humble. The Gospel tell us to not worry about being the greatest, but rather to be as simple as children. I could attempt to wax eloquent on the subject, b...

Feb 24 2020

There is Power

Click here for daily readings Miracles and power. You know, those things that Jesus had two thousand years ago when he was present with us and then was zapped up into heaven and took his power with him. Wait, is that really the ...

Feb 22 2020

I Shall Not Want

Click here for daily readings Today’s Responsorial is one of the most poetic and well-known Psalms. I remember reciting it as part of an English assignment in high school. “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.&...

Feb 21 2020

A Hard Take on Discipleship

Click here for daily readings When I interviewed for my current youth ministry job, my now-coworkers asked me, “So what do you know about St. Peter Church?” Thanking the Lord I had spent time looking at the parish we...

Feb 20 2020

Partiality

Click here for daily readings “However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you commit sin and a...

Feb 19 2020

Walking Toward Heaven with Christ

Click here for daily readings The Responsorial Psalm for today is, “Who shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord?” Isn’t that a question we ask ourselves pretty regularly? Maybe it’s weird, but I often th...

Feb 18 2020

Joy in Christ’s Presence

Click here for daily readings In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks His disciples, “Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?” Christ is pointin...

Feb 17 2020

Seeing Signs

Click here for daily readings “He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation seek a sign?:’” -Mark 8:12 There are four thousand hungry people who had come to a deserted place ...

Feb 16 2020

The Power of Christ

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel is quite long but so rich. At first, it can seem like Jesus is in a bad mood during these readings and is just calling people out left and right, condemning them. While these re...

Feb 15 2020

The Amazing Value of Not Much, Not Many

Click here for daily readings How much time do you have? How much money do you have? How much patience do you have? How many talents do you have? How much energy do you have? How much prayer time do you have? How many gifts do y...

Feb 14 2020

The Circus Won’t Be Coming To Town

Click here for daily readings Recently my small town got very involved in a major brouhaha. We’re a tourist destination, and most people meet their financial obligations by working in the summertime and then trying to live...

Feb 13 2020

We Can Always Gamble On God’s Mercy

Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel gives hope to the heart of any parent, to any of us really. Any creature who is desperately in distress, as this woman was, can gamble on the mercy of God and win. This wo...

Feb 12 2020

Rooted in His Ways

Click here for daily readings In Today’s Responsorial Psalm, we hear that if the law of God is in your heart, your steps do not falter. It states that the LORD helps them and delivers us from the wicked and saves us becaus...