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Today’s readings When our goal is discipleship and living for Christ, we cannot let anything get in our way. The Israelites had put up with Athaliah and the priest of Baal and their temple long enough. They had to wipe … Continued
Today’s readings My grandmother on my dad’s side was a holy woman and loved to read the Scriptures. Except for the Old Testament. She used to say that the Old Testament was bloody and murderous and not very edifying. It’s … Continued
Today’s readings Jesus tells us in the Gospel today that he did not “come to condemn the world but to save the world.” His implication here is that being condemned is our choice. God’s choice is that all of creation … Continued
Today’s Gospel: John 3:14-21 The only thing God wants to do is to forgive sinners. Period. That’s what our Gospel reading tells us very plainly today: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that … Continued
Today’s readings Today, and throughout this Holy Week, we have in our Liturgy a stark reminder that the hope that we have in the Resurrection was purchased at a great price. Our world today would prefer to ignore the cross. … Continued
Today’s readings How many people have we condemned to prison? I mean this, of course, in a figurative way: how many have we condemned to the prison of our disfavor because of past hurts that we refuse to forget? Forgiveness … Continued
Today’s readings So in today’s first reading, Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers. What a foreshadowing this is, isn’t it? It certainly foreshadows Israel’s slavery in Egypt that led to the Exodus, but it also foreshadows the selling … Continued
Today’s readings So Jeroboam set up idols, and led the people into sin. That’s just about the most rotten thing one person can do to another. My seminary professor used to say that leading another person into sin was worse … Continued
Today’s readings Personal integrity is the thing that can bring down the best of us. The easiest thing for us to do is to live one life, and that life would be the life that God gives us. God’s grace … Continued
Today’s readings “If you wish, you can make me clean.” This ought to be the prayer of all of us, I think. Does God wish to make us clean? Of course. But do we acknowledge his ability to do so? … Continued
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