Author: Patrick Muldoon

“Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has…

In today’s Gospel Jesus explains to the Pharisees that there are no greater commandments in the whole law of God than the commandments of love ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all…

Today readings focus on the vineyard of the Lord. In the first reading the prophet Isaiah sees Israel as God’s unsatisfactory vineyard. Israel, God’s first chosen people, did not produce the fruit expected of them. God found fault with them…

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Triumph of the Cross. When we think of the Cross of Christ we can often think of suffering but there is also a strong tradition of the cross as a symbol of…

Today’s readings at Mass focus on the theme of discipleship. The Word of God puts before us the challenge of taking up the Cross as a condition of living the Christian life as a follower of Jesus. In the Gospel…