25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Amo 8:4-71 Tim 2:1-8Lk 16:1-13 “You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.” When I first read this parable as a child, I was confused. I thought, “Why would Jesus tell a story where a steward is rewarded for morally questionable actions?” More than a decade later,... Continue Reading →
18 September, Thursday — The cost of easy love is easy
Thursday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time 1 Tim 4:12-16Lk 7:36-50 "...she would not have shown such great love." The devil is okay with us having a little religion, but not too much. I can literally feel the unease, the downright awkward discomfort of what it would be like to be at a dinner party... Continue Reading →
11 September, Thursday — ‘Love Your Enemies?’
Thursday of Week 23 in Ordinary Time Col 3:12-17Lk 6:27-38 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged yourselves; do not condemn, and you will to be condemned yourselves; grant pardon, and you will be pardoned.” Yikes! If you thought the Beatitudes were a high calling, today’s Gospel is a whopper. It is so... Continue Reading →
10 September, Wednesday — Heaven and Earth
Wednesday of Week 23 in Ordinary Time Col 3:1-11Lk 6:20-26 Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth… The verse above is taken from Colossians. It is a good reminder to us all and ties in very nicely to the Gospel of today. In the First Reading,... Continue Reading →
8 September, Monday — Loving Our Mothers, Praising Their Existence
Sep 8 – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary announced joy and the approaching salvation of a lost world. Mary was brought into the world not like other children of Adam, infected with the contagion of sin, but pure, holy, beautiful, and glorious, adorned with... Continue Reading →
7 September, Sunday — “The eye of the needle…”
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 9:13-18Phi 9-10, 12-17Lk 14:25-33 “So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions…” I believe that all of us are hoarders, even though you may claim that you are not, or that you do a ‘Marie Kondo’ once every... Continue Reading →
6 September, Saturday — St Paul is a real person
Saturday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time Col 1:21-23Lk 6:1-5 …now he has reconciled you, by his death and in that mortal body. Now you are able to appear before him holy, pure and blameless… Today’s first reading is from St Paul’s epistle (letter) to the church in Colossae. This chapter in the New Testament... Continue Reading →
4 September, Thursday — Better Be Obedient
Thursday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time Col 1:9-14Lk 5:1-11 “…but if you say so…” We often can’t see what’s ahead of us. This is especially true for what God’s plan is for us. I can still remember very vividly one morning, what Jesus told me to do. For months, I had been praying for... Continue Reading →
2 September, Tuesday — Through the darkness
Tuesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Ths 5:1-6,9-11Lk 4:31-37 …we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober. I once belonged to the night and darkness. Losing someone you love does that. I was in... Continue Reading →
1 September, Monday — You’ve been sent
Monday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Ths 4:13-18Lk 4:16-30 He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor. At the end of mass, the priest will say “Go forth, the Mass is ended." For a long time, I did not know that it means we are being sent forth to... Continue Reading →
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