By: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 30 Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 19:8,10,12-13,14; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 Growing up in a family with eight siblings, there were plenty of occasions to tattle on each other. “Why does she get to do that?” “Why doesn’t he have to mow the yard? I […]
Continue readingBy: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 16 Isaiah 50:5-9a; Psalm 116:1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35 How many times have you heard the question, “Who do you say he/she is?” We don’t always ask it with these words, but we do inquire about who people are all the time. And […]
Continue readingBy: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 2 Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8; Psalm 15:2-3,3-4,4-5; James 1:17-18,21b-22,27; Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 If there is any set of readings that speak to us in a practical way, it is clearly the readings for this weekend! Who among us has not struggled with being judgmental of others? […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 19 Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34:2-3,4-5,6-7; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 Thousands of Christian denominations dot the America landscape. The vast majority believe that the Bible offers revealed truth that should be believed with unquestioned resolve. Ironically, these denominations also deny the real presence of Jesus in […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 5 Exodus 16:2-4,12-15; Psalm 78:3-4,23-24,24,54; Ephesians 4:17,20-24; John 6:24-35 All God’s children need to eat. A visit to a Chinese buffet quickly reveals that people also like to eat — some of them a lot and often. Food can make us feel happy, at least […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 22 Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23:1-3,3-4,5,6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34 The humble sheep enjoys a unique notoriety in Sacred Scripture as compared to other domesticated grazing animals. There are 4,970 references to sheep in the Bible and only 277 references to cattle. Nowhere does the Bible […]
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Photo Caption: Tim Irwin teaches at Peoria Notre Dame High School, where he chairs the Theology Department. He is a member of St. Mark’s Parish in Peoria. By: By Tim Irwin Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 8 Ezekiel 2:2-5; Psalm 123:1-2,2,3-4; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Mark 6:1-6a Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman in […]
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By: By Father James King Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, June 24 Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139:1-3,13-14,14-15; Acts of the Apostles 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66,80 The Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist is celebrated every year on June 24. Because of the greatness of the feast, the church celebrates the […]
Continue readingBy: By Father James King Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 10 Exodus 24:3-8; Psalm 116:12-13,15-16,17-18; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16,22-26 This Sunday we celebrate Corpus Christi — the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Sacred Scripture has much to teach us about this greatest of all […]
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By: By Sharon Priester Pentecost Sunday, May 27 Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1,24,29-30,31,34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13 or Galatians 5:15-25; John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27,16:12-15 This weekend we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, the birth of the Church. The first reading begins with the disciples gathering for Pentecost, a feast when the Israelite men […]
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