Year A 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“The Sniper,” is a story about the Irish civil war, written by Liam O’Flaherty.

At nightfall in Dublin, heavy guns and small arms boomed and cracked intermittently near the River Liffey. From a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper with fanatical eyes observed the scene while eating a sandwich and swigging whiskey.

Year A 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Is. 45:1,4-6; Thes. 1:1-5; Mt. 22:15-21]

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel is a Romanian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, politician activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor.

Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka are just a few of the names which evoke nightmares of the Holocaust. The suffering and death at these and other concentration

Year A 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Is. 25:6-10; Phil. 4:10-14, 19-20; Mt. 22:1-14]

Once a king had invited his guests for a feast, but he did not tell them the exact date and time. He told them that they must wash, and anoint, and clothe themselves that they might be ready when the summons came. The wise prepared themselves at once, and took

Year A 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Is. 5:1-7; Phil. 4:6-9; Mt. 21:33-43]

Every detail of the parable of the vineyard and the wicked tenants was familiar to the hearers. The vineyards were surrounded with a thick-set thorn hedge, designed to keep out both the wild boars and thieves. Every vineyard had its own wine press, and a watch tower.

Eucharistic Presence

Eucharist can comfort us. One can be in the presence of Eucharist and feel like a child sitting close to its mother, so comfortable, secure, safe, feeling warmth of love.