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Sunday, November 15, 2026
Hello folks,
The Lord be with you all!
The Gospel continues to speak to us of the judgement we will face at the end of our lives. This Gospel hits close to home for me as I think of all the time He has given me but which I have wasted on things that don’t help bring me or my neighbor to salvation. Even if not all of us have the same talents, there is a certain equality of treatment based on how we use what we have been given. To use what He has given us as well as we are able is the key thing here. Should we realize that we are not using them well, we must not become discouraged by our failure and consider giving up. The Lord doesn’t just give us something and then go away only to be seen again at judgement. He is also available when we call upon Him to help us learn how to use well what He has given us. Surely a sort of sin of omission is precisely when we refuse to ask for the help we know is available in our particular weaknesses. Saint Paul praises the Lord more for his weaknesses than his strengths precisely because it is in his weakness that the Lord becomes his strength.
The “worthy wife” in the first reading can also be read spiritually as referring to the Church, the bride of Christ, who does all these wonderful things when united with Christ and the grace and wisdom that flows from Him. So, we as members of that beautiful bride can participate in her goodness when we strive to remain with Christ. As always, we can sense the call to conversion in this. When I am tempted to squander the gifts He has given me on something useless, or simply hide them away and not use them, but spend my time and efforts on other things, a question arises: “Why am I attracted to these other things, and blind to the great goodness Christ offers me in His service?” Lord, grant us a clearer vision of reality and a joy in pursuing the things of God.
The news of abortion law in the Commonwealth keeps updating after I have written my bulletin column. Governor Healey invoked an emergency last week to implement the abortion law against the over 110,000 certified signatures that were more than double the amount needed to suspend its implementation. It is incredibly sad. Certainly the Governor has her reasons for doing this, but I don’t feel that they are sufficient, that they recognize the humanity of the children in the womb and the importance of their lives. I encourage you to read the statement of the bishops of Massachusetts on the main page of the website, and please pray for the people who will now be considering choosing to end the life of their child and who might be told that this possibility is their best or only option. Again, for those reading this who have been through this harrowing experience or assisted someone else to have an abortion, please know that you are in my prayers and that this is something that can be brought to confession.
God bless,
Father Maher
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