Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restAt that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So
Black sheep exist in every society. By dining with tax collectors and sinners, Jesus made them precious and lovable in God’s eyes.… Read the rest
Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)
Hebrews 10:32-39; Mark 4:26-34
The Word through whom the world came to be knew his creation intimately (John 1:3). Earth, air, soil, and water that composed his own body were fashioned in the beginning by the Spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:2).… Read the rest
34th Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)
Luke 21:29-33
Jesus told his disciples a parable. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.… Read the rest
30th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
Ephesians 5:21-33; Luke 13:18-21
In challenging times when the world seems to be falling apart, a tiny mustard seed of faith is more powerful than all negative forces combined. … Read the rest
29th Week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday
Luke 12:39-48
In the marbled and malleable world of metaphor and analogy, God changes guises faster than James Bond.… Read the rest
29th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday
Luke 12:35-38
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow are but a blink of an eye in the ever present God. The rich man tarried over his possessions when his life suddenly ended (Luke 12:16-21).… Read the rest
Ephesians 2:1-10; Luke 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Jesus refused to get roped into a property dispute between brothers.… Read the rest
21st Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)
Matthew 25:1-13
“The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom” (Matthew 25:1).
The kingdom of heaven is Adam divinized—fingertip to fingertip, head to toe—all in Christ and Christ in all. … Read the rest
17th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year II)
Matthew 13:47-53
The net in the Gospel parable caught fish of every kind, just like the net after Jesus’ resurrection:
“So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn” (John 21:11).… Read the rest