Mustard Seed Faith
Sunday Readings for October 2, 2016 We all admire the heroes of faith like St. Francis (feast day, October 4). Absolutely nothing stopped him in his pursuit of…
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Protecting our Addictions
Sunday Readings for September 25, 2016, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Temperance. For older American, that word conjures up images of Carrie Nation shattering bottles of gin…
The Golden Calf and Prodigal Son
Sunday Readings for September 11, 2016 the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Everyone knows the bible stories of the Prodigal Son and the Golden Calf. But they don’t…
A Gospel to Make you Squirm
Readings for Sunday, September 4, 2016 the 23rd Sunday, Year C When I was a kid, I got the distinct impression there existed a two-track system in Catholicism.…
Why Humility Opens Doors
Readings for Sunday, August 28, 2016 the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C “Nice guys finish last,” says the world. “The last will be first,” replies Jesus.…
Not Peace but the Sword
Sunday Readings for August 14, 2016 the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the themes of Pope Francis at World Youth Day 2013 was to “shake things…
The Root of All Evil?
Sunday Readings for July 31, 2016 the 18th Sunday of the Year In his space trilogy, C.S. Lewis called him ‘the Bent one.” That is really an apt…
Martha and Mary
Readings for July 17, 2016, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time I once got a harsh letter from a Baptist lady protesting that she could not find the…
The Good Samaritan
Sunday Readings for July 10, 2016, the 15th Sunday of the Year To this day, the road from Jericho to Jerusalem is long, winding, and desolate. The two…
Restore and Reactivate
Sunday Readings for July 3, 2016 the 14th Sunday of the Year To some, being Italian-American means overindulging in pasta and joking about tough guys. But being Italian…