Sir 3:17-18; Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; Luke 14:1,7-14 Highs and lows in the readings today. Humility (Sirach) and Mount Zion (Hebrews) and both in the Gospel of Luke. Whether we are in the lowest place or the highest place, we are the Lord’s. Being #1 is engrained in American life. Being #1 is to feel powerful, […]
Sabiduría 18: 6-9; Hebreos 11: 1-2, 8-19; Lucas 12: 32-48 Es agosto. El verano se acerca a su fin. Incluso el Evangelio apunta a los “últimos tiempos”. La semana pasada escuchamos, “¡Insensato!Esta misma noche vas a morir!” Sin embargo, hay esperanza. Tenemos que ser fieles a la obra que Cristo nos ha encomendado. Para todos […]
Wis 18:6-9; Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48 It’s August. Summer nears its end. Even the church in the gospel is pointing to the “end times.” Last week we heard, “you fool, tonight your life will be demanded of you.” We hear similar today. But we live in hope. We remain faithful to the particular work […]
ECC 1:2; 2:21-23; COL 3:1-5, 9-11; LK 12:13-21 It was one o’clock in the afternoon on a mid-summer’s day. I was passing through the living room of my home in Berea. I was a professor then. I had recently turned fifty. I stopped dead in my tracks. The thought hit me: You will die one […]
¿Sus niños imitan las cosas que ven que ustedes hacen? Los discípulos ven a Jesús mientras está rezando, y quieren hacer lo que él hace. Jesús es un modelo a seguir. El eje del Evangelio de hoy es – orar como Jesús: pedir lo que necesitan, todos los días. Por lo tanto: ¿de que consistían […]
Do your children imitate the things they see you do? The disciples see Jesus at prayer, and they want to do what he does. Jesus is a role model. The heart of today’s gospel is — pray like Jesus: ask for what you need, every day. So: what did Jesus pray about? We can probably […]
Deut 30:10-14; Col 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 For the Slain and Wounded Police Officers of Dallas “Moved with compassion,” the Samaritan approached the man. He did not cross to the other side like the Levite, but he approached the man, beaten up and left by the roadside by robbers. The Samaritan cared for the man, presumably […]
Proverbs 8: 22-31; Romans 5: 1-5; John 16: 12-15 The Trinity. The famous image? The shamrock! The shamrock is the image we associate with the Trinity, the three persons in one God. Lovely, pretty, brilliant green! But there is one limitation to this image. It flat and worst of all, static. It is static. It […]
Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Luke 24:46-53 Presence and absence. Presence in absence. That is the action of the Ascension. But first, Jesus prepares his disciples for his physical absence. The author of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles tells us that Jesus speaks to them of the promised Holy Spirit. He calls the Holy […]
On this Mother’s Day in May, which is Mary’s month, we remember that our Blessed Mother was honored above every other human being besides Jesus Himself when she was asked by God to bear His Son. We ask God’s blessing on all women, because all women, no matter what their state in life, are specially privileged to […]