Daily Commentaries

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070423.cfm WHO WAS ASLEEP?  Getting proper rest is necessary for a healthy lifestyle. It takes a few days to recover when we don’t get our quota. Another factor about sleep is that we are utterly oblivious to what is happening around us when we are out like a light.   It would appear that Jesus was […]

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070323.cfm Never Give up.  There is something in this story of St. Thomas that gives us great comfort. Even at our very beginning, we find Thomas doubting the Early Church, and not in some area of discipline or procedure. He doubts the central Christian message: God raised Jesus from the dead. At various times in

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070223.cfm I imagine all of us can think of someone who sacrificed something extraordinary for Jesus. I am not thinking of giving up something for the season of Lent. I’m thinking of something gut-wrenching that changes the direction of your life. My sister Bev dated a lovely man for five years. I was only about

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070123.cfm Loving the Least with the Most. We all have an alarm that goes off in someone who is in a crisis. Strangers run into a burning house to save someone. We know everyday heroes who sacrifice themselves for the good of others time and time again. In the gospel, the centurion would be a

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/063023.cfm Quarantine Is No Fun When COVID-19 hit, we did everything possible to keep ourselves from catching the virus. We wore masks, and anyone with COVID isolated themselves for up to two weeks or more. Some people had no symptoms, others were isolated in the hospital, and some were in critical care. People in our

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062923-Day.cfm The Odd Couple On this Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, I can’t help but think of two comics, Oscar and Felix, The Odd Couple. It was a TV show and so funny. Felix was prim and proper. Oscar was unruly, a real slob. He had no organizational skills.  They weren’t the first Odd

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062823.cfm False Prophets – Scammers I remember hardly locking our doors during the day when as a child. But unfortunately, the sense of trust is gone today. Scammers are everywhere. We now have security systems for homes, phones, and computers. But unfortunately, Con artists scammed people I know out of everything they own. When they

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062723.cfm Who Are My Friends? Imagine you received an invitation to a wedding from someone you barely know. You look at it and put it aside, not giving it a second thought. In a day or two, some of your friends are talking about a wedding they are attending. It’s the same wedding on the

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062623.cfm Judging is Like Little Splinters. I remember our DRE and music director, Fred, telling me he picked up something with splinters working in the yard. There were small ones he couldn’t get out, and the doctor told him they had to work themselves out.  Judging others is like those little splinters that must work

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062523.cfm What Is It Worth? Teachers and coaches bear an innate quality that wants to help others succeed. I have taught people who wish to become Catholic over the years. There have been a couple of occasions when the new Catholic wants to become a teacher. They attend a four-year class with the diocese called