Pandemic Day #286 – “O Holy Night”

So in this crazy Y2020, two hundred fifty-five days ago we celebrated an Easter unlike any other in my fifty … More

First Monday of Advent – Presence Podcast – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: Daily Advent Reflections

First Monday of Advent – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: Daily Advent Reflections https://anchor.fm/presence/episodes/First-Monday-of-Advent—Sitting–Waiting–Wishing-Daily-Advent-Reflections-en4v51 +++++++++++ Liturgical Readings for the First Monday of … More

First Sunday of Advent – Presence Podcast – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing https://anchor.fm/presence/episodes/Sitting–Waiting–Wishing-First-Sunday-of-Advent-en3nj6 ++++++++++ Liturgical Scripture for the First Sunday of … More

I premiere the first episode of my new, seasonal sub-podcast which I’ve entitled “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: Advent Reflections” https://anchor.fm/presence/episodes/Sitting–Waiting–Wishing-Advent-Reflections—Christ-the-King-en2lcp Sitting, … More

It’s the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. And here’s another song by The Sundays: Here’s the excellent sources that I … More

It’s Sunday – the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time. A fun Sunday song as I write on a Sunday afternoon: … More

Happy Trinity Sunday! It’s a great day to start with this classic Trinitarian symbol: Here’s the excellent sources that I … More

It’s not just any Sunday, because it’s Pentecost!!! And I’m turning the site red today in celebration! I could insert … More

Happy Sunday! It’s the Sixth Sunday of Easter and just a fortnight until the Great Feast of Pentecost. Here’s the … More

It’s the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Also, Happy Mother’s Day! Don’t forget today to honor the mother we all need … More

Happy Fourth Sunday of Easter, aka “Good Shepherd Sunday” I missed writing this post yesterday – mea culpa! Here’s the … More

Happy May Day! It’s the International Day of the Worker. And in the Catholic Church, today we celebrate St. Joseph … More

It’s the Third Sunday of Easter and almost noontime as I begin this post. Here’s the “5 Things You Need … More

Happy Sunday! It’s the day on which Catholic celebrate God’s Divine Mercy. Here’s the “5 Things You Need to Know … More

Although most of my posts since the pandemic began have been secular in nature, I am a Religion teacher and … More

It’s Holy or Maundy Thursday. It is going to be a unique Triduum this year as I (and hopefully you … More

It’s Palm Sunday (actually it’s now Holy Monday as I post this) and I thought the photo which represents today … More

Last week, I posted the lectionary gospel for the 5th Sunday of Lent. Here you’ll find the opening gospel for … More

In honor of today’s 40th anniversary of the murder/martyrdom of St. Oscar Romero, I share this prayer with you. It’s … More

I’m starting a new feature in the blog. In order to better live The Common Good, we should to look … More