Daily Archives: November 9, 2021

Where the river flows

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Today we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. The Lateran Basilica in Rome is not the oldest church in Rome – that honor seems to belong to Santi Quattro Coronati (314); but then that depends on what sources you believe. Old St. Peter’s, the original church on the spot where the current St. Peter’s stands dates to 324, the same year as St. Lorenzo and St. John Lateran. Did you know that the Lateran Basilica is the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome – the place from where the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, leads his diocese even as he leads the church universal. Continue reading →

Promise Amidst Tribulation.

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This coming Sunday is the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in lectionary cycle B. Our Gospel reading is from Mark 13:24-37, the end verses of the larger “Olivet Discourse” in Mark’s gospel. Today, let us consider:   “But in those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,  and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.  And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory,  and then he will send out the angels and gather (his) elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky. (Mark 13:24-27) Continue reading →