READINGS: THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Our Responsorial Psalm for this 13th Sunday, Year A, says, “Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord”. What a beautiful acclamation to proclaim, and yet what, what a difficult song to sing when things are not working out as planned and hoped for. Yes, it is easy to trust God's love and sing to His goodness when things are going very well. I can remember plenty of those times in my life, and I am sure many of us do, as well. But there are those...

READINGS: TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the gospel reading of this 12th Sunday of Year A, (Matthew 10:26-33) Christ says , “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna…Everyone who acknowledges me before others, I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father . But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father." My friends, this is not a threat, but an invitation to...

READINGS: ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the 2nd reading of this 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, St. Paul gives us one of the most humbling and hope-filled truths in all of Scripture: “Christ did not die for us while we were sinners”. So, God made the first move toward us—not when we were strong, holy, or deserving, but when we were weak, confused, sinners, and far from Him. Christ did not wait for us to get our lives together. He stepped into our brokenness and offered Himself...