33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mal.3:19-20a; 2Thess.3:7-12; Lk.21:5-19) Today we celebrate the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, and next Sunday is the last Sunday of this liturgical year. Then we begin a new liturgical year with Advent. As we approach the close of the...

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed: “I Will Reject No One Who Comes to Me” (John 6:37) One of the beautiful aspects of the Catholic Church is the way our history is kept alive in the prayers of the community. The Memorial of All...

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time One day, a little frog came hopping excitedly to his father, who was resting by the side of a pond. “Oh Father,” the young frog exclaimed, “I’ve just seen the most terrible monster! It was huge—bigger than a mountain! It had horns on its...