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Today’s readings Today we have a Pharisee who is a scholar of the law engaging Jesus in conversation. Obviously, this scholar wasn’t really interested in Jesus’ point of view; he didn’t expect to learn anything from Jesus. Instead he was … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s readings are challenging ones for us. They’re certainly a little difficult to understand, especially the Gospel story. But I think it’s the Gospel story that presents the key to our understanding today by revealing the Canaanite woman’s … Continued
Today’s readings The Israelites wandering in the desert would seem to have had the spiritual life easy. How could they possibly miss God’s presence? There was a cloud to lead them to the Lord by day, and fire by night. … Continued
Saint Ignatius was all set to accomplish great things in the military when his leg was badly injured by a canon ball. As he was convalescing, he asked for romantic novels to read. But nothing like that was available, so … Continued
Today’s readings Think about it. God comes to you in a dream and says that you can have anything you want—just one thing, though. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What would you ask for? What is that one thing you’d give … Continued
Today’s readings Maybe you remember memorizing the Ten Commandments as a child. I do. I sometimes think that memorizing things is a lost art. Certainly memorizing things like the Ten Commandments doesn’t happen as much as it used to, and … Continued
Today’s readings During the summer before my final year of seminary, I worked as a hospital chaplain. It ended up being a pretty rough summer for me and the other men and women in the student chaplain group: we had … Continued
Today’s readings I’m not a person who has a green thumb. When I was growing up, we had a family garden, but I wasn’t the greatest at making it happen. I’d pull the weeds and stuff, and even try to … Continued
Today’s readings You are not in the flesh;on the contrary, you are in the spirit… Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans is really a masterpiece of Christian doctrine and discipleship. If you haven’t read it in a while, or ever, … Continued
Today’s readings God wants to heal us from the inside out. Which is why Jesus says to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.” It would have been easy for Jesus to snap his fingers and heal the man’s … Continued
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