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August 16, 2026
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time When God Seems Silent There are times in almost everyone’s life when we wonder, “Is there really a place for me?” Maybe we have made mistakes. Maybe we have been away from the Church for a long time. Maybe our life has not turned out...
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August 16, 2026
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time When God Seems Silent There are times in almost everyone’s life when we wonder, “Is there really a place for me?” Maybe we have made mistakes. Maybe we have been away from the Church for a long time. Maybe our life has not turned out...
August 12, 2026
Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Marked by the Cross There’s an interesting image in our first reading today. God tells the man dressed in linen to go through Jerusalem and mark the foreheads of those who remain faithful. The mark is the Hebrew...
August 9, 2026
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Stay in the Boat As I was reading this Gospel, I thought about an image that has been used for the Church for centuries: the Church is like a boat. And when you think about today's Gospel, that image makes a lot of sense. The...
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Dressing for an Encounter with the Lord
A number of years ago, I was on vacation with my parents. We were camping, but Sunday morning was still Sunday morning. I put on a pair of dress pants and a nice shirt for Mass. I wasn't wearing my Roman collar because I was on vacation, but I still wanted to dress...
The Meaning of the Communion Procession
From time to time, people ask why we do not encourage those who are not receiving Holy Communion to come forward simply for a blessing. The answer is found in the meaning of the Communion procession itself. The Communion procession has one purpose: to approach the...
Why We Kneel
Reverence in the Presence of God One of the beautiful things about our Catholic faith is that we do not worship God with words alone. We pray with our whole person—with our voices, with silence, and even with our bodies. At every Mass there are certain moments when...