What does the parable of the persistent widow reveal about perseverance in prayer?
… Read the restThen he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
The Love of a Mother Hen
Luke 13:34 and Matthew 23:37 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
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How does the love of a mother hen reflect Jesus’ yearning to gather and protect his beloved people?… Read the rest
Paradox of Peace
A reflection on Luke 12:49-53
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
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… Read the rest“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do
Lost Sheep Hospital
A reflection on Matthew 10:1-7
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restJesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
Joy by Fire
Third Sunday of Advent (Year C)
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Readings
Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:10-18
What Do You Want?
On Gaudete (“Rejoice”) Sunday, halfway through Advent, God asks us, “What do you want for Christmas?”… Read the rest
The Return of the King
First Sunday of Advent (Year C)
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A Just King
Today’s prophecy and tomorrow’s fulfillment may look like exact opposites. In the first reading, God speaks to Jeremiah amid national chaos and despair.… Read the rest
World of Vapor
A reflection on Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
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… Read the restThe words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
Lambs Among Wolves
Luke 10:1-12 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restAfter this the Lord appointed seventy[-two] others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.
On Eagles’ Wings
A reflection on Exodus 19:2-6a
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
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… Read the restAfter they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness. While Israel was encamped there in front of the mountain, Moses went up to the mountain of God.
Kingdom of the Little Ones
Deuteronomy 7:6-11, 1 John 4:7-16, Matthew 11:25-30
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
“God is Love.”
Like an owl squinting in sunlight, the eyes of humankind open gradually to the truth of who we are as a people and who God is.… Read the rest