Here’s a great idea as Advent begins: let’s foster in ourselves and in our communities feelings of love and trust with which we can greet the Lord when he comes. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a link to Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
Fractio Verbi
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Cycle A
Accepting Christ as our king is the only way to quench our hopeless longings and enjoy the many good things in this life as they were meant to be enjoyed. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
We are God’s hands in a bruised, blessed world, as the parable of the silver talents reminds us. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Holy Wisdom is less a thing to be grasped than a capacity to be embraced when she appears on our meandering path through life. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
No doubt about it: the constant changes we endure in this life provoke anxiety. “The weaned child on its mother’s lap” gives us a glimpse at how we might confront those challenges more trustingly. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
It’s daunting to read or listen to the news these days. Perhaps we can look to the Thessalonians as models of beholding the Good News of Christ amidst the day’s many afflictions. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Miracles are one way God has of breaking through our rational defenses. Do we savor those glimpses of transcendence or or reason them away? Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
God’s invitation to the heavenly banquet is unqualified. We are free to accept in humble joy, or reject without a word, as today’s Gospel illustrates.Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Far from being an insult to human dignity, the freedom afforded to us by our relationship with God is the source of our human dignity. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Today’s readings underscore the fact that we should leave judgment to God, for we are abysmal at it. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%