What would it feel like to embrace life fully, rather than simply avoid death? Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
Fr. Charlie Gordon CSC
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
To be fully human, Jesus had to experience the joys and pains of family life. Today’s readings invite us to accept the challenge of allowing our families to be a source of wisdom, hope and growth. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
4th Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
As Advent’s quiet yields to the joyful tumult of Christmas… stop, breathe and remember that no matter your circumstance, the Lord is with you. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
3rd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
Gaudete Sunday’s rose candle reminds us that as long as we are Christ’s, God’s saving plan will be accomplished through us. Now there’s a reason to rejoice! Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
2nd Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
Jesus restores our broken relationship with God, and the hope that allows to wash over us is even better than when we figured out our mom wasn’t really that mad at us. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
1st Sunday of Advent, Cycle B
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%
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%