Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “I do will it. Be made clean.” When I was in seminary, I did my hospital chaplaincy in my fourth summer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Every once in a while I would come to a … Continued
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Blessed are those who fear the Lord,” the Psalmist tells us today. And today as our example of those who fear the Lord, we have two women. This is significant because the Scriptures, as you probably know, don’t … Continued
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings A while ago now, I was working at my home parish, St. Petronille, on the staff as a youth minister. I remember the parish secretary well, she was a very nice woman named Dorothy. Whenever you’d ask Dorothy … Continued
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.” If I put my mind to it, I suppose I could think of dozens of times when someone with more wisdom than I told me something I wasn’t … Continued
Thursday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “For he who made the promise is trustworthy.” Brothers and sisters in Christ, if these are the only words we take from this holy place today, we’re doing pretty well. The essence of our faith is based on … Continued
Thursday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It’s interesting that in the Gospel reading it’s the unclean spirits who recognize the holiness of Jesus. The religious leaders of the time didn’t get it, and sometimes I think we don’t either. The author of our letter … Continued
Tuesday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We know how the interactions between Jesus and the Pharisees affected the Pharisees. They hated every moment, and sought occasion to put Jesus out of the picture. But I cannot help but thing that for Jesus, these occasions … Continued
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We are in many ways a nation of “doers.” We spend a lot of time measuring productivity, looking for results, documenting procedures, making things happen. I think that many of us, myself included, if we were asked, just … Continued
Saturday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In today’s Gospel, we have the epiphany of Jesus manifested as one who identifies with sinners. That is not, of course, to say that he was a sinner; quite the contrary, we know that Jesus was like us … Continued
Thursday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today, Jesus manifests himself not just as one who came to do flashy deeds and heal the sick, but as one who does will that we would be made clean. If we take the miracle we have in … Continued
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