If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. The woman at the well thought she was hard-hearted. She was levelheaded and unsentimental....
Second Sunday of Lent, Cycle A (Mar. 8, 2020)
Too often, faith is understood as a set of propositions we are required to give our assent to -- a list of assertions we must accept as true....
First Sunday of Lent, Cycle A (Mar. 1, 2020)
Why did they do it? Why did our first parents let the serpent talk them into eating the forbidden fruit? When the old devil reminisces about his...
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A (Feb. 23, 2020)
In our first reading, God has a message for the chosen people. The Lord says to Moses, “Tell the people to be holy.” Nothing...
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A (Feb. 9, 2020)
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown...
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
We have grown so familiar with the idea of the Incarnation of Christ, that we no longer appreciate what an astonishing concept it is. In the...
Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle A (Dec. 22, 2019)
In the family tree that immediately precedes today’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel, David and Bathsheba are listed among the ancestors...
A Q&A with Rev. Mike DeLaney, C.S.C.
At the end of this year, Fr. Mike DeLaney, C.S.C., will transition from his role as Director of the Holy Cross Mission Center and move to Montreal,...
Third Sunday of Advent, Cycle A (Dec. 15, 2019)
I used to volunteer at a homeless shelter that had been run for many years by an Evangelical Protestant church. Every evening, the residents of the...