The church felt warm and welcoming on the feast of the Holy Family this past December. Before Mass began, I offered my usual prayer to be open to the graces of the liturgy. Soon after, my heart ...

It's hard to believe that any preacher would choose to preach on this week's epistle reading. There are words here rarely spoken in our sanctuaries, and using this text might get a preacher sent to ...

The Lectionary texts for the Sundays of Lent follow a somewhat different pattern from that of Ordinary Time. The series of Old Testament readings develops the history of our salvation with reference ...