July 1st is the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Daniel Harrington notes that the Gospel reading from Luke marks the start of an important journey for Jesus and his disciples The journey moves from northern Galilee to Jerusalem and focuses on two themes the identity of Jesus Christology and

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To celebrate the feast of St Aloysius Gonzaga S J 1568-1591 the liturgy offers the Eucharistic community the choice of three Gospel readings Matthew 6 7-15 Mark 10 23-31 and John 1 35-40 The first reading underlines the kind of prayer that pleases God for content the Our Father for ma

The American political drama West Wing has been a huge hit on television in recent seasons Well-scripted cleverly cast and finely acted it dramatizes events around the most powerful office in the world This is one drama series that does not need to invent stories With former White House insid

Daniel Harrington s commentary on the Birth of St John the Baptist can be found here The feast did not fall on a Sunday in 2004 so there is no commentary from Dianne Bergant But you can read John H Donahue s column from 2001 here

The gospel this week dwells on the theme of hospitality -- that which we offer both to one another and to God and that which God offers to us The intimacy and in a sense extravagance with which the sinful woman welcomes Jesus is sharply contrasted with that of Peter the Pharisee who neither welc