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Today’s readings So what’s wrong with being rich, full and not hungry, laughing, and having people speak well of you? After all, God told us to go forth and fill the earth and subdue it, so attaining riches is really … Continued
Today’s readings Our readings have been reminding us that the night is far spent and the day is drawing near. We are called upon today to remain vigilant so that we do not miss the second coming of the Lord. And it … Continued
Today’s readings When I was in seminary, I had a Scripture professor who, when someone would make an insightful comment or answer a question correctly, would exclaim, quoting Jesus in today’s Gospel reading, “You are not far from the kingdom … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s gospel reading is a rather heartbreaking story, to be honest. The rich young man is obviously a follower of the law and a religious man, because he is able to talk to Jesus about his observance of … Continued
Today’s readingsToday is the Mass for the last day of our school year, before the children (and the staff) head out to summer break. Jesus is always seeking to make things new. When he came into the world, he didn’t … Continued
Today’s readings Repentance, friends, is a highly underrated activity. I remember back in 2012, just after we started using the new translation of the Roman Missal, on Ash Wednesday, I was giving folks their ashes. As I usually do, I used … Continued
Today’s readings We’ve had these parables about the Kingdom of Heaven a bunch lately. At Sunday Mass over the past few weeks, and we’re now working through them at daily Mass. One thing we can say about them is that … Continued
Today’s readings Today I want to talk about the way we worship. And I’m not talking about wearing a mask, or social distancing, or even the rudimentary parts of worship like genuflecting or singing or observing silence, as important as … 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 Today’s Gospel calls us to examine our perspective. Jesus asks, “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until … Continued
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