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Sue Rogers SL
It’s pretty easy to feel good with today’s Old Testament readings. Gone are the wars and bloody battles where God has a favored side. There’s no strife or conflict. No…
As many of you know my niece, Dominica, and her husband, Fernando, were in a catastrophic car accident in mid-July. Both were injured. Fernando suffered massive head trauma and serious…
In my own life this feast of the Holy Family has always been a challenge. As a child it was the feast of the perfect family. It was the measure…
Today we find Jesus on the road again and Zacchaeus up a tree. Jesus has come into Jericho — intending, we’re told, to simply pass through the town and continue…
Luke 13: 22-30 Today’s readings are hard ones — I found them both uncomfortable and challenging. Jesus sounds distant, harsh even, hardly projecting mercy or compassion. Or projecting a welcoming…
The tradition of the Church has always made this day of Corpus Christi a solemn and beautiful feast honoring and celebrating the gift of the Eucharist. It’s a call to…
I like the Samaritan woman. And I like Jesus as she encountered him. I like Jesus’ interactions with the women of the Gospels. They reveal Jesus as very human, deeply…
With the Baptism of Jesus, we end our celebration of the Christmas season. Soon the lights and the trees will be gone from our grounds and courtyard, from the hallways…
Matthew 21:33-43 Throughout both the Jewish and the Christian Scriptures grapes, wine, vineyards, vines and branches, owners, tenants and laborers are some of the most common allegories for the relationships…
Today Matthew’s Gospel presents three parables. The kingdom of God is like a farmer who had planted his field with good seed, but an enemy had come in and sown weeds…
This year Easter is likely very difficult for very many people. This year there are no Easter eggs rolling down the White House lawn. There is no crowd packed tightly…
As I look back at the last two years of my life, I’m acutely aware that sometimes our lives are radically turned upside down. Sometimes I’m amazed at the ways…