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Today’s readings As the current political season heats up in these late summer days, I find that it can be very easy to be dismayed. Every candidate, every bit of legislation, everything that comes at us is so disheartening. There … Continued
Today’s readings God never forgets how much he loves us. If this weren’t so, none of us would be in existence. God loves us into life and loves us through our life and one day, if we let him, will love us … Continued
Today’s readings I once heard it said that you’re only a child once, but you can be childish your whole life long! I don’t think that Jesus wants us to be childish today, but certainly he is calling us to be … Continued
Today’s readings Wow. If ever there was a frightening Gospel reading, I think we just heard it! All this talk about beating the menservants and the maidservants, and the hope of being beaten “only lightly.” Yikes. Even the whole notion of the Son of … Continued
Today’s readings You know, it doesn’t take too much thinking to see that our culture is way off base. I saw a post on social media this week about the “do what makes you happy” aspect of our culture, and how … Continued
Today’s readings What kinds of mighty deeds is the Lord Jesus trying to do in our own lives? Is he finding success there, or have we put up obstacles through our own lack of faith? Today we celebrate a Votive … Continued
Today’s readings I think we get a more vivid picture of today’s Gospel if we’ve ever had the task of weeding a good-sized garden. I’ve done it plenty of times. It’s not a task I really enjoy, but it is kind … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s liturgy is a call to persistent prayer. Prayer is a tool that we must hone and use and perfect over a lifetime of discipleship. Sometimes our prayer life may be rich: we hear what God wants for us and … Continued
Today’s readings There are a lot of pitfalls on the road through our spiritual lives. We ourselves experience that all the time. Making our confessions, we have a firm purpose of amendment, but it seems like the devil knows that, and so … Continued
Today’s readings A perfectly respectable reading of the whole Exodus story is an allegorical one. In this reading, the Egyptian army, its chariots and charioteers and even its horses, symbolize the forces of evil and sin – basically everything that stands … Continued
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