On Pentecost, it’s worth contemplating how the Holy Spirit breathes hope and love and meaning into our lives. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings, or the down arrow to save it for later. Click here for a transcript of the […]
Fractio Verbi
7th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B: May 17, 2014
Maybe we could relax a bit from our frantic scrambling, ambitions and jealousies, by acknowledging that we are the very people of whom Jesus said “Since I have sent them into the world, I consecrate myself to them.” Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s […]
6th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B: May 10, 2015
The love reflected in our mothers’ eyes, source of so much joy and comfort, hints at the fathomless love God has for each one of us.Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings, or the down arrow to save it for later. […]
5th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B: May 3, 2015
God’s intention for us all is that we bear abundant fruit. For that to happen as fully as possible, sometimes our vines are pruned, in profoundest love. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings, or the down arrow to […]
4th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B: April 26, 2015
Our lives teem with examples of conventional wisdom leading us to toss out or discount people, experiences and materials that ultimately become invaluable…rejecting stones that prove to be cornerstones, as it were. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings. Click […]
3rd Sunday of Easter, Cycle B: April 19, 2015
Our Scriptures this week offer another instance of the vast, unequivocal mercy that sustains Peter and flows into our own lives. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings. Click here for a transcript of the reflection. %PODCAST%
Easter Sunday: April 5, 2015
Let your eyes and heart take in all of artist Noel Coypel’s rendering of The Resurrection before you listen to Fr. Charlie’s Easter reflection. Click here to link to the readings for Easter morning. Click the Play button below to listen to the reflection, or the down arrow to save it for later. Click here […]
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: March 29, 2015
Jesus had every reason to condemn those who’d collaborated in his grisly death. Instead, he implored God to forgive them. May we consider this model when we are tempted to judge those who cause us pain. Click here to link to the readings for Palm Sunday. Click the play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s […]
3rd Sunday in Lent, Cycle B: March 8, 2015
The rules illuminated in today’s readings are not merely hoops to jump through, but an “operating manual” for humanity, issued in fathomless love by the Maker. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings, or the down arrow to save it for […]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B: February 15, 2015
This week’s readings plunge us into dark images of “leprosy;” in ancient times a symbol for chaos and doom, relegating its victims far to the margins of their societies. That harsh judgment won’t do when Jesus encounters a leper. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to […]