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Today’s readings So what was at stake here? Was it the Sabbath? Not really. For Jesus, there wasn’t such a thing as a Sabbath breath from healing, and teaching, and bringing people to salvation. So as he walked along with … Continued
Today’s readings Healing is a wonderful thing, and it is perhaps the greatest consolation we receive as believers in Christ. But healing isn’t just for us. Just as Simon’s mother-in-law got up from her fever, having been healed by the … Continued
Today’s readings These readings today are just incredible. In one sense, they give us a reason for hope and a foundation for faith, but in another sense, they raise some pastoral questions that are difficult to answer. The very first … Continued
Today’s readings One of the graces that I have here at the parish is that whenever I go to parish meetings, we always pray through the Gospel for the coming Sunday and discuss it. The Spirit works through the community, … Continued
Today’s readings “I do will it. Be made clean.” When I was in seminary, I did my hospital chaplaincy in my fourth summer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Every once in a while I would come to a … Continued
Today’s readings In today’s Gospel, we have the epiphany of Jesus manifested as one who identifies with sinners. That is not, of course, to say that he was a sinner; quite the contrary, we know that Jesus was like us … Continued
Today’s readings Today, Jesus manifests himself not just as one who came to do flashy deeds and heal the sick, but as one who does will that we would be made clean. If we take the miracle we have in … Continued
Today’s readings 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 often see … Continued
Today's readings There is a wonderful, comforting message in today’s readings, and it’s a message that speaks to all of us when we’re at the end of the rope in our faith life. That message is that God hears the … Continued
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