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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BIsaiah 50:5-9aPsalm 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (9)James 2:14-18Mark 8:27-35September 15, 2024 Generally speaking, people want things to be easy. We think that if we “walk before the LORD,” it should be easy to be…
Read MoreAs we begin a new school year, sadly we experienced a school shooting in Georgia last week. While it has been a few days since the shooting, I have not heard of a motive for the shooting. Therefore, my following…
Read MoreThe Lord speaks “to those whose hearts are frightened.” Are you one whose heart is frightened? I am. My heart is not frightened in the sense of being scared of the Lord. I know that the Lord loves me. My…
Read MoreI would like to start today with a short pop-quiz. Don’t worry! No one will see your answers (well, except God). To make it simple the questions are all true/false. They are all based on God’s Commandments and The Seven…
Read More22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BDeuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 (1a)James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23September 1, 2024 Some of the Pharisees and the scribes saw that Jesus’ disciples “ate their meals with unclean, that is unwashed…
Read MoreI spoke about the choices we make in the article I posted Sunday, “To Whom Shall We Grow? – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.” Following on that article, today I begin with another question, “Do people really want…
Read MoreJoshua said to the people, “If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide today whom you will serve” (today’s first reading) We each have a choice to make. Do we want to serve God or not? It…
Read MoreI recently wrote about graduation as one of life’s milestones (“Milestones-Graduation”). This summer I experienced what could have been a milestone in my life. I received a letter from AARP that said “Happy Birthday” on the envelope. No, the letter…
Read More20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BProverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 (9a)Ephesians 5:15-20John 6:51-58August 18, 2024 Jesus says, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you…
Read MoreDialogue is essential in our quest to see fulfilled what we pray in the Lord’s Prayer, “thy kingdom come, thy will be done.” If we are to do our part towards “thy kingdom come,” we need to help bring the…
Read MoreDo you hold bitterness or anger in your heart? How about fury, shouting, reviling, and malice? The Holy Spirit grieves when we hold such things in our heart (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B). We need these things removed…
Read MoreLast week I held a current events discussion. One of the questions was very timely as we are just three months from elections. Therefore, I think it is a good topic to present here. A person asked, “What does the…
Read MoreEnslaved in Egypt the Israelites cried out to God for help. God heard their cry and sent Moses to lead them out from Egypt to the Promised Land. One would think they would be grateful but instead they “grumbled against…
Read MoreOn Sunday I asked, “Do you believe in miracles?”. When Jesus walked on earth, the miracles He did were signs to reveal to people who He is. The power of God was at work in him as the Messiah, the…
Read MoreWhy did they do that? In case you have not heard, the opening ceremony for this year’s summer Olympics in Paris Francis, included what has been called a “drag queen led parody of the Last Supper” (CNA staff, “Catholics, others…
Read MoreDo you believe in miracles? There are people today who reject even the possibility of miracles. If something happens that they can’t explain, to them it just means that science hasn’t figured it out yet. They say someday science will…
Read MoreWe dare to say… As we end the Eucharistic Prayer at Mass with the great amen and prepare to say the Lord’s Prayer, the priest says, “At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say.” It…
Read More16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BJeremiah 23:1-6Psalm 23:1-3, 3-4 5, 6, (1)Ephesians 2:13-18Mark 6:30-34July 21, 2024 When Jesus “saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd, and…
Read MoreThe work of sharing the gospel is not easy. That’s because it is not easy to live according to what Jesus says. So, people often don’t want to hear it. The resistance may come from religious leaders, as it does…
Read More14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year BEzekiel 2:2-5Psalm 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 (2cd)2 Corinthians 12:7-10Mark 6:1-6July 5, 2024 Ezekiel was trained to be a priest in Jerusalem but when Jerusalem fell, Ezekiel was among those taken away in Exile. Away from…
Read MoreThis past weekend was high school graduation weekend where I live. Graduation is a time to celebrate the accomplishment of completing high school for the graduates (and their families). It also leads others to reflect on our graduations. There were…
Read MoreWhat did God create us for? Wisdom tells us “God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.” God does not want us to die in our sin. He did not create us to…
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