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Index - 2006

January 1, 2006 (New Years Day) - On this first day of the New Year we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary,...

January 8, 2006 (Epiphany Sunday) - Fr. Eddy was on vacation at publication time.

January 15, 2006 - Today's readings reflect on God's call to follow him and proclaim his word to others. In the...

January 22, 2006 - When Jesus saw Simon and his brother Andrew, he said to them, “Come after me and I will...

January 29, 2006 - What are your chief worries? Family? Job? Does worrying help any? Or has it become...

February 5, 2006 - In today's Gospel Jesus announces the reign of God by confronting evil. He cures the sick...

February 12, 2006 - As we hear this today in the reading from Leviticus, there were very strict regulations...

February 19, 2006 - In today's gospel we meet a fellow in real need. Mark omits much of the detail that we long...

February 26, 2006 - One of the major themes in Mark’s gospel is the Kingdom of God breaking through and...

March 5, 2006 (1st Sunday of Lent) - As the beginning of Lent, the Sunday readings invite us to reflect on our...

March 12, 2006 - Today we hear again the timeless story of Abraham, our father in the faith, whom God put to...

March 19, 2006 - It was great seeing such great crowds at our Masses last weekend. With Lent upon us plus all the..

March 26, 2006 - The great insight that the Jewish scriptures share with us is a concept now called theological...

April 2, 2006 - In the gospel of John there is no story of the agony in the garden.  Instead John tells us that Jesus...

April 9, 2006 (Palm Sunday) - Today we celebrate Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday as it was formerly known...

April 16, 2006 (Easter Sunday) - Today we join with our brothers and sisters throughout the world to rejoice with...

April 23, 2006 (Divine Mercy Sunday) - Our joy continues in this second week of Easter.  This is the season of...

April 30, 2006 - He said to them, "Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on...

May 7, 2006 - In today's world of superlative advertising, we're not used to hearing about just the good...

May 14, 2006 - This is the time of year when you notice everyone out in their garden turning over...

May 21, 2006 - Today's reading from the Acts of the Apostles marks a turning point for the infant church...

May 28, 2006 - In the Acts of the Apostles Luke describes the disciples’ last encounter with Jesus...

June 4, 2006 (Pentecost) - The call to follow Jesus is not easy. It is a challenge to...

June 11, 2006 (Trinity Sunday) - Even as they assembled on the mountain in Galilee to which the Lord had called them...

June 18, 2006 (Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ) - My God, how can it be that Christians actually remain so...

June 25, 2006 - In today's gospel we hear how the disciples were reduced to childlike terror by a storm at sea. ...

July 2, 2006 - It is unavoidable that sooner or later in our lives we must confront death. ...

July 9, 2006 - Recently I finished Ann Rice’s new book, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt...

July 16, 2006 - Did you ever wonder the reason for your being here? ...

July 23, 2006 -  In his letter to the Ephesians Paul speaks about Christ announcing the good news to those who...

July 30, 2006 - Last week we heard about the return of the apostles from their first missionary journey...

August 6, 2006 (Transfiguration of the Lord) We have all grown accustomed to seeing those eyewitness accounts...

August 13, 2006 - In today's excerpt from John's Bread of Life discourse Jesus describes himself as the true...

August 20, 2006 - The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ...'

August 27, 2006 - Today's gospel concludes St. John's "Bread of Life" discourse. We are told that there was an...

September 3, 2006 - Today in all three readings we are reminded that the Word of God has been placed in our...

September 10, 2006 - In today's gospel selection we hear that some people brought a man to Jesus who was...

September 17, 2006 - In today’s gospel Jesus asks Peter and the other disciples, “Who do you say that I am?”...

September 24, 2006 - Jesus was a great teacher. In today’s gospel he is teaching his disciples about how the...

October 1, 2006 - Recently I had a conversation with several priest friends.  We were discussing the closing of...

October 8, 2006 - The late John Paul II devoted his Wednesday audiences to instruct the faithful about the...

October 15, 2006 - In today’s first reading from the book of Wisdom we are told that wisdom is worth more than...

October 22, 2006 - In today’s gospel James and John, members of Jesus’ inner circle of apostles, come to him for...

October 29, 2006 - In today's reading from Mark's gospel we hear the story of a blind beggar, Bartimaeus. Like...

November 5, 2006 - In today's story from Mark's gospel a scribe asks Jesus what is the greatest of the...

November 12, 2006 - Generosity has a lot to do with trust. Have you ever had the experience of feeding a puppy?...

November 19, 2006 - Today’s first reading from the Book of Daniel foretells a time unsurpassed in distress. In the...

November 26, 2006 - In today’s gospel Pilate asks Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”  Jesus responds, “My...

December 3, 2006 - Today is the first Sunday of Advent and we begin a new Church year. While the commercial world...

December 10, 2006 - John the Baptist is one of my favorite characters in the Bible.  He did not care much for the...

December 17, 2006 - Today’s first two readings call us to rejoice. Why? Because the Lord is so near. Zephaniah attests...

December 24, 2006 (Christmas Eve) - Today's scripture readings go right to the heart of the Incarnation.  What was the...

December 31, 2006 (Feast of the Holy Family) - This Feast of the Holy Family reminds us of the tremendous importance...