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Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Have you ever seen a fig tree? I haven’t. But I can tell you I’d be pretty frustrated if I had cared for a fig tree for three years and never saw one bit of fruit. I think we could all understand the man wanting his gardener to cut the tree down and give the…
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Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In our overly-litigious society, Jesus’ words that we are to make an effort to settle the matter on the way are a good call to refocus. This call shifts the emphasis from winning to healing, and it calls us to do some hard things. In order to settle the matter, we will have…
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Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Some people would say that Jesus was a peaceful man. Saying that is really misunderstanding Jesus and who he was. Because peace wasn’t necessarily his primary interest, at least not peace in the way that we would probably define it. Because sometimes I think we misread what peace is supposed to be. We might sell…
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Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It has often struck me that, the economy of our nation and the world being as precarious as it is, that being rich in what matters to God is more important than ever. With all the bad news out there – financial news, political news, news of epidemic diseases, war and terrorism, who…
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The Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings When a couple comes to me for marriage, one of the things I have them do is to write me letters, individually, asking to be married. I ask them to reflect on their relationship and to say something about their faith. Over the years I’ve received a lot of letters and some are…
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Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Today’s readings Franklin Roosevelt once said “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” We can be afraid of all sorts of things: of the dark, of strangers, of taking a risk, of all sorts of danger. And to a certain extent, fear is good. It keeps us from putting ourselves in harm’s way. But…
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
“I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.” St. Margaret Mary spoke these as her dying words, while being anointed at the age of 43. Margaret was a simple woman and a Visitation nun. She worked as an assistant in the convent infirmary, but God had other plans for…
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Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings I think it’s a pretty common experience for people to look for a sign from God. So many comedies have that premise somewhere in the story line. Don’t we all look for signs from God to make sure we’re doing the right thing? Well, yes, signs are necessary and helpful events in our…
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The Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
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, why would Scripture portray God in such a terrible manner? Do we…
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Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings What a wonderful instruction for Jesus to give us this morning. “Go and do likewise.” Jesus is telling us that those who hear the Gospel must also live it, or it is useless. Those who do not go out and do likewise are like the foolish Galatians in today’s first reading who seem…
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