Posts by Anne Callaghan
The Great Feast
Preparing the Table. In today’s readings, the Father calls us to a great feast, a banquet fit for kings. “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.” Walk with me in this meditation as we help the Father prepare this feast. Close your eyes and visualize each step as we set the…
Read MoreHave Mercy on Me, a Sinner
Today’s Entrance Antiphon draws us straight into the heart of Peter’s cry in the Gospel: “Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you.” This is the heart of mercy – where Jesus waits…
Read MoreSelfless Love
Today’s Gospel draws us into the beauty of Our Lord’s human heart. It gives us another glimpse into His vulnerability and offers us, in our friendship with Him, the chance to give something back – a little compassion, a little love. The story begins with grief. Jesus is heartbroken at the news of the death…
Read MoreI Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice
Today’s readings center us on the heart of the Gospel: mercy and forgiveness. Jesus says, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” Often, our Lord does call us to sacrifice and penance—not because He needs them, but because we do. Through them, we willfully unite our sufferings to His Cross and participate in the mystery of redemption.…
Read MoreThe Covenant with the Father Restored
In today’s Gospel, Jesus invites us in a special way into a quiet, secluded place to sit beside Him as He speaks intimately with His Father, about us. So often in the Gospels, we see our Lord go off to pray alone: climbing a mountain in the early morning or seeking solitude after a day…
Read MoreWhat is our Mission?
How is Christ Calling You to Mission? Today’s Gospel is rich with the heart of our Faith that Christ is calling each of us to a particular mission in our life and through deep Faith and Trust, we can not only discover what that is, but further, how responding helps to grow God’s Kingdom. Each…
Read MoreThe Great Feast of Sukkot
Today’s readings are quite unified in their ideas that Christ’s teachings that He comes from the Father and has come to save the just and to heal the brokenhearted and be received by his believers, while those who are his enemies want to kill him. Yet His time has not yet come, but soon. This…
Read MoreFreedom: The Ability to See God
In today’s Gospel, our Lord is teaching us about Free Will and how we can use it to live a life with God. The Psalm so eloquently says at the end: “from distress you will preserve me; with glad cries of freedom, you will ring me round. Let the just exult and rejoice in the…
Read MoreBe Not Afraid
In today’s Gospel, I hear God the Father speaking through Christ to us, His Daughters, and Sons, both then and now. In His encounters with the man and the woman, the Lord’s words of love are those of the Father for His children. A Woman and Jairus Amidst the crowds, there are two main characters,…
Read MoreIs He Calling You?
Today in John’s Gospel, I hear our Lord calling me, calling you, to follow. “Jesus walked by, and John said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God,” and Andrew felt his presence and knew He was the Messiah, his Rabbi, His teacher. We, similarly, experience this when we witness Christ in the Eucharist and we feel Him…
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