Preaching Notes – Feast of Christ the King (23 November 2025)
Throughout the whole of Luke’s Gospel, we witness Jesus seeking to rescue all those who are lost. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, Luke masterfully weaves
Category: Pastor’s Pondering
Grieving and Accompanying Others (22 November 2025)
The Feasts of All Saints (November 1) and All Souls (November 2) open a portal to an especially tender time of year when we recall
Christ As King (21 November 2025)
Truly heralding Jesus Christ as King – our real and only King – requires resolve to make choices to do so in daily living. Let
Preaching Notes – 33rd Sunday (16 November 2025)
As the Church’s year nears its end, we hear at Mass certain biblical selections that are known as, “apocalyptic.” In popular culture, “apocalyptic” is connected with
ACTS Retreat Return Mass (Sun) 11/9
Just a teenager, Joan was living in a time of terrible political confusion, escalating violence and an uncertain future. She heard a call from God,
Bonus Preaching Note – 26th Sunday (28 September 2025)
The Opening Prayer for today’s Mass provides an interpretive key to the Gospel Reading: O God, who manifest your almighty power above all by pardoning
Preaching Notes – 26th Sunday (28 September 2025)
Today’s Gospel emphasizes the unbridgeable gap between the self-centered, self-promoting life of the rich man and the total poverty of spirit that defines the poor
Preaching Notes – 25th Sunday (21 September 2025)
In the Sunday lectionary cycle the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) is followed today by the Parable of the Dishonest Steward (Luke 16:1-13).
Our Lady of Sorrows (15 September 2025)
To those curious as to why the Gospel writers say so little about Mary, is it not enough that she is the Mother of God?
Preaching Notes – Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (14 September 2025)
When select high feasts land on a Sunday, we celebrate the feast as we do today – September 14 -with the Feast of the Exultation