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Today’s readings Jesus was always on the lookout for people who needed healing. The ones we hear about in the Gospel stories, like the one we just heard today, were needs for physical healing, sure, but the stories also tell us … Continued
Today’s readings The injunction for wives to be submissive to their husbands, given in our first reading, certainly offends our modern ears. That’s just not the kind of thing we say in this society, at least not in these days. Yet this … Continued
Today’s readings Mike was one of my favorite people in the world. He owned the service station where my family had, and still has, our cars repaired and maintained ever since we first moved out to the suburbs, almost forty years … Continued
Today’s readings People often don’t really get who Jesus was and what he came to do. So many people think it’s the “kumbaya” kind of love and harmony. They would assert that Jesus was all about being peaceful and accepting. But saying that … Continued
Ministry in a culture that is hostile to the faith seems to be a theme of every age and place. It takes different forms in different places and times, but there is always some hostility to the faith that needs to … Continued
Today’s readings Well, I would like to welcome all of you home to Benedictine University for Homecoming 2020. Except, of course, that we aren’t at our “home”: we are celebrating this Mass at my parish, Saint Mary Immaculate in Plainfield, Illinois, … Continued
Today’s readings: Romans 8:22-27 | Psalm 19:8-11 | John 15:1-8 Today we have the joyful memorial of Saint Teresa of Avila, also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus (but not to be confused with Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, … Continued
Today’s readings “Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.” I love that there were short verses for the psalm today, and we got to repeat this refrain from the Psalmist over and over. If you think about it, and … Continued
Today’s readings If this isn’t a difficult Gospel passage to understand, I don’t think there is one! What are we to make of such a convoluted story? Surely we are not supposed to think that the king is God, are we? I mean, … Continued
Today’s readings “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” In today’s gospel reading, Jesus has just been given a great complement and he responds to it kind of brusquely, or at least it seems that … Continued
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