Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
“This is the King of the Jews.” Lk. 33:36 During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church adopted many of the trappings we associate with people of power in those days. ...
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
“ … not a hair on your head will perish. By your endurance you will secure your lives.” Lk. 21:19 It’s that time of the church year again – the ...
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
“… he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for him all are alive.” Lk 20:38 After the untimely death of his four-year-old son, Eric Clapton wrote ...
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
“… the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” Lk: 19:10 Whenever I read this Gospel account, I remember a story I once heard. ...
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Two men went up to the Temple to pray ….” Lk. 18: 10 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield used to tell this joke: “I went to the doctor the other day and ...
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Then he told them a parable about the need to pray always without becoming weary” Lk. 18:1 Persistence. That’s been the traditional explanation given for the point of today’s gospel ...