Third Sunday of Easter Cycle AApril 23, 2023 In human life there’s no substitute for daily, lived experience, no matter how much “book learning” you’ve had. On these Sundays of Easter the Church teaches the newly baptized—and all of us—how to live Christian life day by day. Selections from the First Letter of Peter and

Second Sunday of Easter Cycle AApril 16, 2023 “I’ll need to see some proof.” “How can you be certain?” Have you used one of those expressions today? Hello, I’m Franciscan Father Greg Friedman with the Sunday Soundbite for the Second Sunday of Easter. Most of us are used to a scientific approach to the world

Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection Cycle AApril 9, 2023 “There is no tale ever told,” author J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote in an essay on storytelling, that people “would rather find was true.” Hello, I’m Franciscan Father Greg Friedman with the Sunday Soundbite for Easter Sunday. The Catholic author of The Lord of the Rings

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Cycle AApril 2, 2023 Some years ago, I saw an exhibit of paintings by Monet. Seeing a lifetime of work by that artist–rather than viewing one isolated painting–helped me appreciate the larger context of Monet’s artistry. And this Sunday context is important at Mass as we hear Matthew’s account

Fifth Sunday in Lent Cycle AMarch 26, 2023 Some years ago in a homily, I told of standing at the bedside of a priest-friend who was dying, and wrestling with one of the questions that naturally arise at such a moment: What really awaits us after death? One of my parishioners wondered if I doubted

Fourth Sunday in Lent Cycle AMarch 19, 2023 Three great stories in the Gospel of John have for centuries served as Scriptural instructions for those preparing for baptism. Hello, I’m Franciscan Father Greg Friedman and this is the Sunday Soundbite for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Last week we heard the story of the Samaritan