Fr. Andrew did tremendous work raising funds for the missions. I asked him once if he missed being on the missions himself. He was surprised by my question. “But I am on the missions,” he answered. “Read St. Paul and see how often he requests support for his work as a missionary.” What is interesting… Read More »
June 25 2017 Bulletin
June 25 2017 wk 31 Bulletin web
JUNE202017
Jesus said, “Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” How can I be perfect? I’ve already messed up plenty. Is this another saying that should be filed under “are you kidding me?” When you look at the text things are not as they appear in the English. The word translated as “perfect” in… Read More »
June 18 2017 Bulletin
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JUNE192017
Jesus said, “Offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.” One of the student Brothers said you could file this theologically under, “Are you kidding me?” We think, of course you offer resistance to evil. As the cycle of… Read More »
JUNE172017
Certain philosophies in both East and West have been skeptical about feelings. For example the Stoics felt that feelings were unreliable guides for human behavior. It was better to trust in reason. On the other hand, the Bible is a book full of passion. St. Paul insists the “the love of Christ impels us.” It… Read More »
JUNE182017
What does it mean to be a spiritual person? I ask that because when I talk to my nephews, nieces, and other relatives about going to Church they answer, “I’m a spiritual person but I’m not religious.” Which translates, as near as I can tell, as I have my own way of connecting with God… Read More »
JUNE162017
Back in the day I had a poster that read: When you find the perfect church, join it. Just be aware that the minute you join it, it ceases being the perfect church. St. Paul reminds us that we church members are not perfect but are “earthen vessels,” fragile, frail, faulty, finite. But maybe in… Read More »
JUNE152017
My ordination class chose as our theme this line from St. Paul: “it is not ourselves we preach but Christ Jesus and ourselves as your servants.” One of the startling messages of Christianity is that God counts on us to proclaim in word and deed the love of God we have come to know in… Read More »
JUNE142017
Scholars wonder if St. Matthew knew the writings of St. Paul. The First Gospel was written twenty or so years after Paul’s second letter to the Church at Corinth (written about 57 A.D.) Did St. Matthew quote the words of Jesus, “not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from… Read More »
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