Today’s readings There’s an old joke about a man who, while walking through the countryside one day, was distracted and fell over a cliff. On the way down, he managed – just barely – to grab on to a branch of an overhanging tree. As he hung there, he quickly realized that he couldn’t hold… Continue reading Monday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Month: February 2011
Mass for the Election of a Bishop
Our diocese this weekend is celebrating the Mass for the Election of a Bishop, praying for the prompt appointment of our next bishop. So I did a brief homily on what a bishop is and does, followed by a talk about (sigh) money. You get just the first thing here! As you may know, our… Continue reading Mass for the Election of a Bishop
Monday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings So the disciples are waiting for Jesus to come down the mountain after the Transfiguration. They have attempted to cure a man’s son from the hold of a demon, but they were apparently unable to do so. This seems to have led to an argument between them and the scribes. You can almost… Continue reading Monday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Today’s readings You might have been expecting to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day today, but we don’t have Saint Valentine’s day on the calendar, unless, of course, it’s a Hallmark calendar! Instead today we have the feast of two brothers: Saints Cyril and Methodius. They lived in the ninth century in an area of Greece inhabited… Continue reading Saints Cyril and Methodius
The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time [A]
Today’s readings I think that if you took a survey, nearly everyone would want to say that they are righteous, that is, that they do the right thing. But I also think that survey would reveal how amazingly different each person’s definition of righteousness would be. One person’s idea of righteousness might be that they… Continue reading The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time [A]
Monday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s readings speak to us about the wonderful, spiritual quality of goodness. We have the creation story, or at least the beginning of it, in which God is not only creating the world and everything in it, but also finding it to be good. And I think that we can relate to that… Continue reading Monday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time [A]
Today’s readings I think today’s Gospel reading has some intriguing images for us. Salt and light are basic things, but they certainly are things with which we can relate, things we experience on a daily basis. Salt and light are things that have an effect on everything around them. Add a little salt to some… Continue reading The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time [A]