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Today’s readings I think much of the reason people don’t preach the Gospel to others is because they think whatever they say or do has to be flashy, has to be as big as God is. But that never works … Continued
Today’s readings Here’s something I want you to remember today, and cling to in your spiritual life: We can’t do anything good in our spiritual lives all by ourselves. We can’t be perfect disciples all by ourselves. We can’t bring other people … Continued
Today’s readings Pay attention. Keep your eye on the ball. Don’t ignore the forest for the trees. Don’t sweat the small stuff. However you want to say it, our Liturgy of the Word today is asking us, as it often, rightly, does, to get … Continued
Today’s readings One of my jobs before I went to seminary was in the sales department of a computer supply company. In that job, they taught us that one of the first good rules of sales was never to ask a … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel is a very interesting one. And I say that in the sense that it is often the kind of Gospel reading that gets people riled up. Because we can probably agree that this vignette portrays Jesus in a … Continued
Today’s readings Whoever becomes humble like this childis the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. Today’s Gospel paints the picture of humility that we need to appropriate in our lives in order to be led to heaven. This is a virtue … Continued
Today’s readings I have to tell you, we have two of my very favorite readings in today’s Liturgy of the Word. I like them because they both show God interacting with us, his creatures, in powerful ways. In the first reading, we … Continued
Today’s readings “Give them some food yourselves.” That’s what Jesus says to the disciples. Yes, it would be easier to send the people away so they can fend for themselves. But that’s not how God wants to feed them, and … Continued
Today’s readings Saint Paul asks a very important question in his letter to the Romans: “What will separate us from the love of Christ?” Then he lists a number of rhetorical examples of what one might think would do that: anguish, … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s readings present us with two very interesting images. The first is that of a potter working at the wheel. When the object turned out badly, the potter re-created the object until it was right. Jeremiah tells us that just so … Continued
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