General

We are unprofitable servants, and we live in ordinary times. Indeed, today is the 27th Sunday in ordinary time. I want to offer words of comfort today, and I apologize…

I will admit to not knowing much about the prophet Amos, but I was intrigued by the sentences that talk of the people who were living very well while Joseph…

We all suffer. We suffer the loss of parents, dear friends and family. We suffer injury in accidents. We suffer as witnesses to loss. We suffer the loss of our…

Luke 14: 25-33 “Anyone of you who does not renounce all possessions cannot be my disciple.” Today’s Gospel is not the one for Ascension Thursday but it reminded me of…

I start by admitting that I have a mixed relationship with the virtue of humility, which is the main point of the reading for today. When I was a kid,…

I read these readings several weeks ago to begin reflecting on them. And then I went to the LCWR meetings and heard messages of hope, inclusion and new forms of…

Well, we have Jeremiah down at the bottom of a well, Paul exhorting us that we haven’t shed any blood yet in our effort to do God’s will, and Jesus…

“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.”   A large group of family members had gathered in Gaza for a meal and to…

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23       Psalm 90 (91)       Colossians 3:1-11        Luke 12:13-21 In today’s first reading, from the beginning of the book of…

When I read the first reading about Sodom and Gomorrah, I know that I am always consoled by the fact that God would not destroy the innocent along with the…

Genesis 18:1-10 Colossians 1:24-28 Luke 10:38-42 Guess who’s coming to dinner! The readings today remind me of a time when I was about 8 or 9 years old, when my…

Luke 10: 25-37 What must I do to gain eternal life?  How do I love God more?  How do I find God?  Or even, how can I be happy? These…