CONTENTS

Preface

First Sunday of Advent

Preparing to Wage Peace

Second Sunday of Advent

Bearing Good Fruit

Third Sunday of Advent

Patient Expectation

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Obedience of Faith

The Nativity of the Lord

Light in Darkness

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

Fleeing for Life

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God

A Mother’s Work

Second Sunday after Christmas

Adopted in Love

The Epiphany of the Lord

All Are Welcome

The Baptism of the Lord

Grasped by God’s Hand

First Sunday of Lent

Begone, Satan!

Second Sunday of Lent

Mountaintop Vision

Third Sunday of Lent

Water from Another’s Well

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Unlikely Leaders

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Being There

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

For the Forgiveness of Sins

Easter Sunday

Quaking with Joy

Second Sunday of Easter

Conspiratorial Faith

Third Sunday of Easter

Walking into Hope

Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Open Door

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Untroubled Hearts

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Never Alone

The Ascension of the Lord

Stepping Out on the Word

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Glorious Presence

Pentecost Sunday

Unleashing Inner Power

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

A Dance of Love

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Consumed by Christ’s Life

The Solemnity of All Saints

Glimpses of Heaven

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Lamb of God

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Light of Hope

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Happiness Now

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Undiluted and Undimmed

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Least and the Greatest

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Having No Enemies

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Set on Rock

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Love Can’t Be Bought

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dearer than All Others

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fearless Faith

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Finding Life

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Light Burdens

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mysterious Gift

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom about Weeds

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Surprised by Joy

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

No More Hunger

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

A Sound of Sheer Silence

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dogged Faith

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Who Do You Say You Are?

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Finding Your Self

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

A Recipe for Reconciliation

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Endless Forgiveness

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Justice in the Reign of God

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Saying and Doing

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Other Tenants

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dressed for the Feast

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

To Pay or Not to Pay

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Love Says It All

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Walking the Talk

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Inexhaustible Light

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Unmasking Greed

The Solemnity of Christ the King

The Shepherd King