Connecting Point: February 20, 2022 Published on February 14, 2022 Have you heard this one before: “What are you waiting for, a sign from God?” We’re in the 2nd month of the year 2022. Today is the 20th day
Connecting Point: February 13, 2022 Published on February 7, 2022 I can still see my Dad’s face and hear his voice when he hugged me and said “Congratulations.” It was the Easter Vigil in 2013 and I had just
Connecting Point: February 6, 2022 Published on January 31, 2022 The first step toward Christian discipleship in the Gospel according to Luke is leaving behind fear and placing our trust in the Lord. We see
Connecting Point: January 30, 2022 Published on January 24, 2022 God’s love does not discriminate. Even when we sin and do unloving things, He still loves us and calls us back to himself. The equation of true
Connecting Point: January 23, 2022 Published on January 17, 2022 And so, they came to share the good news with the world… first the twelve Apostles with skills that included gathering and fishing, business
Connecting Point: January 16, 2022 Published on January 10, 2022 In this Sunday’s second reading, St. Paul encourages us to live in the Spirit as members of the Body of Christ using the gifts that the Spirit
Connecting Point: January 9, 2022 Published on January 3, 2022 I remember my first real job very well. I was 14 years old and I was hired at a local pizzeria. My mother dropped me off for work on my first day and
Connecting Point: January 2, 2022 Published on December 27, 2021 The Gospel story of the three Magi holds great significance for us in today’s globalized society. It reminds us that we are one global human
Connecting Point: December 26, 2021 Published on December 26, 2021 The Christmas Season is a wonderful time of year, filled with gatherings with friends and family. Each gathering brings opportunity to converse with
Connecting Point: December 25, 2021 Published on December 20, 2021 The great joy and hope of this Christmas Season is powerfully expressed in the Gospel of John proclaimed at our Masses on Christmas day. Jesus,
Connecting Point: December 19, 2021 Published on December 13, 2021 “As is written of me in the scroll, behold, I come to do your will, O God.” In this reading from the Book of Hebrews, Jesus affirms that
Connecting Point: December 12, 2021 Published on December 6, 2021 The Third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete (“rejoice”) Sunday with themes of joy and gladness resonating throughout the scripture and
Connecting Point: December 5, 2021 Published on November 29, 2021 Discernment does involve perspective which can be inherently problematic. Perspective is our own attitude toward or way of regarding something; our
Connecting Point: November 28, 2021 Published on November 22, 2021 As Catholics, we have stepped into the new Liturgical Year A with readings from the Gospel of Luke. This weekend, Jesus has foretold of his second
Connecting Point: November 21, 2021 Published on November 15, 2021 This weekend, the last Sunday of the Church year, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. While Jesus’ mission on earth was to proclaim the
Connecting Point: November 14, 2021 Published on November 8, 2021 I used to have a wristwatch that kept the most accurate time on earth. It was an atomic watch that never needed to have its time or date set or
Connecting Point: November 7, 2021 Published on November 1, 2021 “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in morethan all the other contributors to the treasury.For they have all contributed from their
Connecting Point: October 31, 2021 Published on October 25, 2021 In the Sunday’s readings, we see a very clear focus on love. Unlike the love theme from the readings a few weeks ago, today’s focus is on our
Connecting Point: October 24, 2021 Published on October 18, 2021 The Gospel reading for this Thirtieth Sunday of ordinary time is the episode of Bartimaeus, the blind man. In the Gospel, Bartimaeus cries out for
Connecting Point: October 17, 2021 Published on October 11, 2021 The spiritual writer, Ronald Rolheiser, claims that one mark of a saint is that the saint makes their life a gift to others. In today’s gospel