Category: Sunday Scriptures

A three-fold coming of Jesus Christ

by bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Advent, Coming of Jesus Christ, News, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

The word Advent means “coming,” and today’s liturgical texts focus on the coming of Jesus Christ — to be more precise, on multiple comings of Christ. Advent is about a lot more than Christmas.

The world is coming to an end

by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | christ the king, Final judgment, News, Sunday Scriptures, Tik Tok | 0 |

This is the message of the first reading and holy Gospel for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. The timing of this proclamation is not accidental. It comes one week before the feast of Christ the King, and the subsequent start of Advent one week later.

Searching for communion

by bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Convert to Catholicism, News, Searching for communion, Sunday Scriptures, Zacchaeus | 0 |

What brings people into the Church? What drives a person who is not Catholic to convert to Catholicism? I doubt it’s the result of a convincing argument. What brings someone who is Catholic but has stopped practicing the faith back to the Church? This last question, I can answer partially from my own experience.

Persistence in prayer

by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Battle of prayer, Moses, News, Persistent prayer, Prayer, St. Paul, Sunday Scriptures, Timothy | 0 |

The theme of the readings for Oct. 16 is persistent prayer.

Pray to increase faith

by bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | News, Pray to increase faith, rosary, Rosary priest, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

Wise people know that before making judgments, it’s important to gather the facts. The same goes for growing in wisdom of the Scriptures. Knowing the context before and after a particular section helps enlighten the verses being studied, gaining for us insights that we can apply to our lives.

Hurry to choose life

by bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | Featured, Holy Spirit, News, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Quickly choose life, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

On pilgrimage with the Visitation Sisters, we had arrived just moments before Mass was to begin. Walking by the sacristy, the sacristan surprised me with the question, “Priest?” I said, “Yes.” Pointing inside he said, “Hurry.”

Anticipating heaven, humbly

by bcadmin | Aug 26, 2022 | Anticipating heaven, Cana, Featured, Gospel of John, Home for the poor, Kingdom of God, Luke, News, party, Pharisee, Sunday Scriptures, Wedding feast | 0 |

“God in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.”

Christ offers peace that is not of this world

by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | News, peace, Peace on the earth, Peace that is not of this world, Prince of Peace, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

This weekend’s Gospel passage features some of the more perplexing words spoken by our Lord. Today, the Prince of Peace asks: “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division” (Lk 12:51). How is it that the one who is the source of unity and peace can say that he has actively come to divide, to set the world on fire?

Searching for the ‘good life’

by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | Good life, Gospel, News, peace, Picks, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

What is the good life? According to a common American conception, the “good life” is imagined as one of sufficient economic success to secure a timely and restful retirement. Stating it so simply already begins to make the idea sound frivolous. But when we think about it, this really is a driving narrative of our culture that shapes the way we conceive of our lives.

Jesus as an honored guest

by bcadmin | Jul 14, 2022 | martha, Martha and Mary, Mary, News, Picks, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.” Martha and Mary are two of Jesus’ closest friends and, because of this, we can assume that he spent a lot of time at their home; conversely, they spent a lot of time in his presence. However, in this week’s Gospel, we see Martha failing to be present to her guest as she struggles to be a good host.

Sharers in his mission

by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2022 | News, Ordination liturgies, Sharers in his mission, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

In May and June, I attended six different ordination liturgies in six dioceses, three to the diaconate and three to the priesthood. The priest formators at The St. Paul Seminary make an effort to assure that at least one of us is at each of the ordination liturgies of our seminarians being ordained.

Be near to the Eucharist

by bcadmin | Jun 15, 2022 | Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Corpus Christi, Eucharist, National Eucharistic Revival, News, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

On Corpus Christi, the bishops of the United States are kicking off a National Eucharistic Revival. It is no secret that some Catholics have lost a joyful zeal for the Eucharist. Some have even given up the practice of the faith. Visit the website eucharisticrevival.org for more information on this effort and for a virtual class offered by Crookston Bishop Andrew Cozzens.