In years when the Church reads the Gospel of Mark, which is the shortest of the Gospels, we spend mid-summer Masses listening to the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel of John. John 6, ...
Preparing us for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes about Jesus teaching and feeding the multitude. It is the mercy of the heart, the kindness of God reaching out to the gathered ...
Jesus sends the Twelve out in groups of two. Their supplies are basic. No food. No money. Not even a change of clothes. Their task. Simple. Go from town to town preaching the Good News of ...
Tim O’Malley, preparing us for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, writes about strength in our weaknesses. Paul begged Our Lord three times to take a thorn away. God responded, “My grace is sufficient for ...
For the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, writer Timothy OM’alley reminds us that God did not make death. Jesus came to heal the world of the evils of death, of darkness, of the loss of ...
Timothy O’Malley prepares us for the Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time by reminding us that amid the chaos, to find our way to a safe harbor, we must cry out to the Lord. He writes: ...
For the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, in Opening the Word Timothy O’Malley reminds us of the supreme generosity of God. It is this generosity that restores the kingdom of Israel. Referring to the mustard ...
Preparing us for the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Timothy O’Malley asks what the faithful will find when they return to the post-COVID tide Church. On this feast of Corpus ...
Preparing us for the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Tim O’Malley writes: “Trinity Sunday has become abstract.” He writes, “Trinity Sunday is a feast of the Church not because it is an occasion to ...
On the Feast of Pentecost, Timothy O’Malley reminds us that the feast is the birthday of the Church. He writes: “The Church is not a collection of individuals, who just happen to believe in God ...
