Wednesday of the 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 15:1-6Jn 15:1-8 He prunes to make it bear even more… Since I’ve moved into my new home, I’ve tried to dabble in a bit of plant-growing. While it is therapeutic in some ways, taking care of plants also provides some lessons and food for thought as I... Continue Reading →
15 July, Saturday — Fear Not
Jul 15 – Memorial for St. Bonaventure, bishop, religious, doctor St. Bonaventure (1221-1274) entered the Franciscan Order when he was 22. At the age of 35 he was chosen General of his Order and restored a perfect calm where peace had been disturbed by internal dissensions. He did much for his Order and composed The... Continue Reading →
20 March, Sunday — Time and Tide Wait for No Man
3rd Sunday of Lent Exo 3:1-8,13-151 Cor 10:1-6,10-12Lk 13:1-9 “...for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?” These days, with two kids to manage, time has become a precious commodity to me. What’s... Continue Reading →
28 May, Friday — Bearing Fruit
May 28 -- Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time Ecc 44:1,9-13Mk 11:11-26 “ …the fig tree you cursed has withered away.” At first reading of the Gospel today, it seems that Jesus was being unreasonable. How can a fig tree bear fruit when it is not in season? To curse it and have... Continue Reading →
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