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Today's Readings You are God; I am not. I was once told that those six words are perhaps the most important prayer a person could ever have. You are God; I am not. The whole point of any prayer in … Continued
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 | Today’s feast I think this Gospel reading is kind of weird to our modern ear. This whole notion of virgins with lamps speaks to us of very strange customs that have long since been forgotten. … Continued
Today’s readings | Today’s feast (more) During his lifetime, Pope John Paul II canonized some 480 saints. Many people felt that this was a kind of “inflation” of saints, since he alone canonized more than one for every day of … Continued
Today’s readings Well, it would be hard to pick a scarier reading to preach about on Halloween than one that starts out with the emotionally-charged sentence, “Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.” It almost makes … Continued
“Take courage, get up, Jesus is calling you.” These would be wonderfully comforting words to hear in any situation. Who among us does not wish to be called to Jesus? But as joyful as we are to hear these words … Continued
I don’t remember exactly when, but sometime during my time in seminary, I realized following God’s call was not guaranteed to be easy, all full of sweetness and light. Yes, there is sweetness, there is light, and there is also … Continued
This morning’s Office of Readings contains a letter to Proba by St. Augustine. In it, St. Augustine explores the Lord’s Prayer: We need to use words so that we may remind ourselves to consider carefully what we are asking, not … Continued
Today’s readings I don’t know about you, but it’s getting harder and harder to get out of bed these days. I always find that in these waning days of the year, when the mornings are cooler (dare I say “colder?”), … Continued
Today’s readings Of those to whom much has been given, much will be expected. These words, spoken by Jesus in another place in the Gospels, are very related to the words we hear him speak to us today: Whoever wishes … Continued
Today’s readings The greatest prayer of the homilist is that the Spirit will give him the words that God wants his people to hear. That is the prayer that hopefully all of us pray before we sit down to write … Continued
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