Journey to Wholeness
Third Week of Lent, Wednesday
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9; Matthew 5:17-19
… Read the restNow therefore, Israel, hear the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
11th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
I Kings 21:17-29, Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.… Read the rest
11th Week in Ordinary Time, Monday (Year II)
I Kings 21:1-16, Matthew 5:38-42
Humans are the oddest creatures on the planet. The account of Naboth’s stoning is odd from beginning to end.
King Ahab tried to strike a deal with his neighbor Naboth to acquire his vineyard, which was next to his palace.… Read the rest
10th week in Ordinary Time, Saturday
1 Kings 19:19-21, Psalm 16, Matthew 5:33-37
Have you ever had to “think twice?” In our complex society, everything from politics to online shopping usually involves deliberation.… Read the rest
10th week in Ordinary Time, Friday
1 Kings 19:9-16, Psalm 27, Matthew 5:27-32
After a long, thunderous showdown with the prophets of Baal, ending with their destruction, Elijah was a prophet on the run from the wrath of Jezebel. The Lord listened to his complaints under a broom tree, fed him, and strengthened him for a long journey on foot to Mount Horeb.… Read the rest
10th week in Ordinary Time, Thursday
Matthew 5:20-26
Is Jesus’ New Law easier or harder? Has the Old Law been “reduced” to love of God and love of neighbor?
The Old Law said, “You shall not kill” (Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17; 16:18).… Read the rest
10th week in Ordinary Time, Wednesday
1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 25, Matthew 5:17-19
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”… Read the rest
10th week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
1 Kings 17:7-16, Psalm 4, Matthew 5:13-16
“You are the light of the world”—a torch lit by the transfiguring Light of the Trinity.… Read the rest