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Listening and Doing

Daily Reflection by Fr. John O’Connor OFM There are two important teachings in this passage: Jesus demanded that individuals should listen. One of the challenges today is communication. During my years as Provincial, with the members of my administration I...

The Second Half

Today is a great set of readings. Here on the first day of December in the year of Our Lord 2020, in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, when I read them in preparation for celebrating Mass, it felt like a half-time locker-room speech by the coach, by Knute Rockne....

First Called

Today is the feast of St. Andrew, the one named the Prōtoklētos – or “first called.” Andrew is so designated because as it tells us in the Gospel of John (John 1:35–42) Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, whose testimony first led him to follow Jesus. Andrew at...

Bucket Lists

The readings for today are ominous and foreboding to say the least. It is the time in the liturgical cycle when such are the nature of the readings. For women and men of a certain age, we think about our lives, our faith, and our bucket lists. I remember about 4 or 5...

Witnessing the Temple

Today is the Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs. In Jesus’ day there was one thing that dominated the skyline of Jerusalem – the Temple – easily seen from across the way on the Mount of Olives, hovering over the Old City, and visible...