As noted last week, priests have two choices for the readings on the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent. They can always use the “Scrutiny Readings,” i.e., the readings for preparing catechumens ...

have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. The prodigal son ...

Sunday IV of Lent, the Sunday of joy, Laetare Sunday. Laetare means “rejoice”. The Entrance Antiphon, taken from the book of the prophet Isaiah, says, “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be ...

As African Americans have always known, the church is full of drama. Now Rob Hardy’s film The Gospel, which opened last week, brings the drama of the inner workings of the black church to the big ...

As the Church makes her way through Lent, she draws from the Sacred Scriptures and reminds us of what it means to follow the way of the Lord Jesus. We are called to die to ourselves and live for him.

Sunday, March 30, is the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. Today’s Gospel ...

The parable of the prodigal son is one of the greatest redemption stories ever told—a story filled with mercy and grace. It is a parable of how God views us and how we can choose to repent and turn to ...