December 2024

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010125.cfm The Shepherd Went in Haste Watching the Tampa Bay Lightning or the Bucs is a great pastime, and I record the games when I know I can’t watch them. When I catch a live game and our team scores or makes a great play, I can’t call a friend fast enough to talk about

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123124.cfm The End Comes Before the New Beginning On this last day of 2024, where does the Lord want to make a fresh start in our lives? How appropriate that Mother Church chooses the opening Gospel of St. John with the words, “In the beginning.” And from his first letter, John writes, “It is the

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph | USCCB Mary Kept All These Things In Her Heart. I am so happy to celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus with you, our parish family, on this Feast of the Holy Family. When I read the gospel for the first time a few days ago,

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122724.cfm John is running. Peter is running. Why? John and Peter ran to the empty tomb, and John ran faster. The disciples on the road to Emmaus look different, walking with their heads down and depressed. The two disciples thought they had lost everything when Jesus died. But not John. Remember St. Joseph, how he

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122624.cfm St. Stephen First Martyr  With each choice, the Word of God becomes more flesh in our words, looks, touch, and how we listen to people. We might wonder at first why Stephen infuriated the crowd so much. Was it because he won the debate? St. Luke tells us that it was the wisdom and

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122524-Night.cfm One of the books I was required to read during my religious studies was the Autobiography of St. Teresa of Lisieux. She longed to be a missionary, but poor health kept her within the convent’s walls. She suffered from Tuberculosis, a long and painful disease at the time. So, she also offered God all the