March 10, 2024 | Rev. Jack Sullivan, Jr., D.Min., D.D. | Today’s Readings “But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.” (John 3:21) , Several years ago, I attended a potluck dinner at a church on the West Coast. As a guest of…
March 3, 2024 | Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy | Today’s Readings “He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen and spilled the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables and to those who sold doves he said, “take these out of…
February 25, 2024 | Rev. Manuel Williams, C.R. | Today’s Readings “After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light.” (Matthew 17:1-2) , When Jesus…
February 18, 2024 | Emmjolee Mendoza Waters | Today’s Readings “Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: ‘This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.’” (Mark 1:14-15) , My daughter Cina, who is 8, had her first reconciliation a few weeks ago….
February 14, 2024 | Maggie Reardon | Today’s Readings “When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you.” (Matthew, 6:2) , If you are standing at the altar of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, your gaze naturally falls upon the rear of the Church. What stares back at you is…
Jesus’ resurrection offers us the hope of new life.
Mary Magdalene shows us how to proclaim Jesus’ message of reconciliation and healing — even when we’re afraid.
The violence of capital punishment does not have the final word — even on Good Friday.
On the first Holy Thursday, Jesus invited his human, fallible followers to sit at his table — and he does the same for us today.
Even as the victim of state-sanctioned killing, Jesus exemplified a self-emptying love that we are called to mirror.
God is not indifferent to suffering, he mourns in the depths of our pain.
Just as he once held Jesus, St. Joseph carries the hurts and hopes of our wayward world.