When the people of Jerusalem were conspiring against the prophet Jeremiah they described what they were looking for in leadership: instruction from the priests, nor of counsel from the wise, nor of messages from the prophets. The mother of James and John wants her sons to be “in the room where it happens” since she,… Read More »
FEBRUARY272024
The Bible readings during Lent all serve to remind us of the need for change, for repentance, for conversion. Even though our sins are not like “scarlet” but more pink-ish the call to reform of life is there. The Prophet Isaiah holds up what would have been for him thousand year old examples of sin,… Read More »
FEBRUARY262024
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.” These words of Jesus are a challenge and a source of confusion. They are a confusing because we are making judgments all the time. If fact, you might say that judging is what makes us human. The shark does not judge whether biting the surfer’s leg is… Read More »
FEBRUARY252024
On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Memphis, Tennessee to support striking sanitation workers. He gave a speech that evening that become known as the “Mountaintop Sermon.” He ended the speech this way: “I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with… Read More »
FEBRUARY242024
Today you are making this agreement with the LORD: he is to be your God and you are to walk in his ways. And today the LORD is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as he promised you. The technical term for the two sided “agreement” between… Read More »
FEBRUARY232024
If you recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother. When we think about the need for reconciliation it usually makes us remember something we have said or done which hurt someone else. Healing those kinds of wounds are certainly… Read More »
FEBRUARY222024
Old timers might remember ditto copiers. They were alcohol based so when Fr. Vincent would bring in what he called “a quickie,” a short test to see how much Greek we had learned, we could smell trouble coming. That smell still fills me with dread. When Jesus asks his disciples “But who do you say… Read More »
FEBRUARY212024
It is certainly curious, and probably dangerous, that there are political strains that seek to neglect and ignore our national story. The proposed policy arises because there are shameful elements (slavery, the japanese concentration camps in World War II, Chinese exclusion acts) which might cause one’s patriotism to flag. That is certainly not how the… Read More »
FEBRUARY202024
My old scripture professor used to say, “If we could trade the four gospels for a video of everything Jesus said and did, we would not make the trade.” Why? Because the four gospels not only convery what Jesus said and did but also how the Church remembered and preached Jesus and how the evangelist… Read More »
FEBRUARY192024
In ordinary time for the daily reading two books of the Bible are chosen and each day a new chapter is read, one after another. In Lent the readings are chosen to comment on each other. Today’s Old Testament lesson is a reflection of the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not…. The New Testament lesson is… Read More »
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