Upending the table
18th Sunday Ordinary Time – B In today’s revelation of Jesus’s true identity, the crowd (who stands in for us) misses the boat entirely. They keep asking Jesus the wrong questions: When did... Read More
Beyond bread and wine
17th Sunday Ordinary Time – B Today we shift to John’s Gospel for a series of Sunday reflections on the bread of life. We will hear these passages as eucharistic, leading us perhaps... Read More
Bulletin Shorts for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 01 August 2021 Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15. Psalm 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54. Ephesians 4:17, 20-24. John 6:24-35. More Than Manna, More Than Bread and Fish. During the Exodus,... Read More
Bulletin Shorts for The Transfiguration of the Lord
The Transfiguration of the Lord, Feast – Friday, 06 August 2021 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14. Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9. 2 Peter 1:16-19. Mark 9:2-10. Whiter Than White. Filled with light. Dazzling clothes. Jesus stands... Read More
Choosing your shepherd
16th Sunday Ordinary Time – B Last week Jesus sent out the disciples two by two on mission, and today they return with news of everything they did. But the Sunday lectionary omits... Read More
We need one another
15th Sunday Ordinary of Time – Year B Sensible shoes. That was the running joke growing up when fewer religious women were wearing habits. You could tell the sisters by their sensible shoes.... Read More
Faithful hearts
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B If we’re in this for fame and glory, then today’s Gospel should set us straight. Earlier in Jesus’s ministry, his family tried an intervention because “he... Read More
The whole truth
13th Sunday Ordinary Time – B What if we told the whole truth in our preaching, our praying, and our singing? The truth that, in our society, those with status and power can... Read More