Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 28, 2024 Over five Sundays, we will feast from the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel and on Jesus’s revelation as the living bread from heaven. Even in this comfort food, there is so … Read More
11th Sunday Ordinary Time – A – June 18, 2023 Good teachers work for that moment when they recognize themselves in their students. They spend countless hours trying to be good examples for their apprentices, providing an environment to immerse … Read More
Seventh Sunday of Easter – A – May 21, 2023 When university professors are about to retire, they often give a “last lecture” where they answer the question: “What would you say to your students if you had only one … Read More
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 31 July 2022 Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23. Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13. Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11. Luke 12:13-21. About Greed. Family quarrels, regrettably, are often about inheritance, about possessions. That should be mine, we may say. I … Read More
18th Sunday Ordinary Time – C Luke’s Gospel is not kind to the rich. From the first chapter’s warning in Mary’s canticle, the rich and mighty should expect fortunes turned upside-down in God’s reign. However, Jesus does not condemn the … Read More
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 17 July 2022 Genesis 18:1-10a. Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5. Colossians 1:24-28. Luke 10:38-42. About Worry and Anxiety. Jesus is invited to a home. Martha bustles about. Mary sits and listens. We do not know … Read More
16th Sunday Ordinary Time – C As we reflect on this Sunday’s Gospel, let us avoid putting Martha or Mary into convenient boxes— Martha, the anxious, resentful host; Mary, the attentive but inconsiderate follower. Both are doing the work of … Read More
Fourth Sunday of Easter – C In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus tries to give the crowd around him some insight into his true identity. But they cannot let go of their preconceived ideas about the Messiah. Even if he can … Read More
Third Sunday of Easter – C The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults describes the Period of Post-Baptismal Catechesis or Mystagogy as “a time for the community and the neophytes together to grow in deepening their grasp of the paschal … Read More
7th Sunday Ordinary Time – C Luke’s sermon on the plain, begun last week, stretches over three Sundays in the lectionary. Today, Jesus continues teaching about the new kind of community that God’s reign is building. In the old, earthly … Read More