A Reflection for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C There are crossroads in this world that even biblical fathers never dared to leave behind, purposedly settling down between grief and abundance. We also may get stuck halfway to heaven, camping at intersections of performance and grace, oscillating between trying too hard and not trying at all. And yet this Sunday maps out the invisible path from a simple tent to the Promised Land, from a...
QUICK REFERENCE Date: December 28, 2025Liturgical Season: Christmas Octave - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and JosephLiturgical Year: Year AUSCCB Readings: One-Sentence Theme: God...
QUICK REFERENCE December 21, 2025 | Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A)Liturgical Color: Violet/Purple (Rose may have been used on Gaudete Sunday)Fourth Advent Candle: Angel's Candle / Love CandleUSCCB...
QUICK REFERENCE Date: December 7, 2025Liturgical Season: Second Sunday of Advent, Year AReadings: Isaiah 11:1-10 | Psalm 72 | Romans 15:4-9 | Matthew 3:1-12Theme: Baptism calls us out of hiding to...
Entering the Season of Threefold Coming Advent begins. But not as our culture often imagines it - not primarily as a countdown to Christmas, not as premature celebration with nativity scenes and...
QUICK REFERENCE Date: November 23, 2025Liturgical Season: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Last Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C)Readings: USCCB Lectionary #162 One-Sentence...
"Ordinary" doesn't mean "less important." It means ordinary as whole—encountering Jesus complete, not through a seasonal lens. QUICK REFERENCE Date: November 16, 2025Liturgical Season: 33rd Sunday...
The Pharisee isn't a cartoon villain. He's exhausted. He's been showing up faithfully for YEARS while others flake. He fasts twice a week—do YOU? He tithes on everything—do YOU? His resentment...
QUICK REFERENCE Date: October 19, 2025 (Note: Date will vary each year) Liturgical Season: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 | Psalm 121 | 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 | Luke...
Reflection for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Running in the Dark The city empties under evacuation orders. Every screen flickers blue against abandoned streets while mechanical voices...
Reflection for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C What if the most dangerous thing in the world isn't nuclear waste that stays lethal for 100,000 years, but a Gospel that stays troublesome for...
