Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Take care to guard against all greed … one’s life does not consist of possessions …. For where your treasure is, you heart will be also.” Lk 12:15 & 34 ...
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Lord, teach us to pray.” Lk 11:1 The original followers of Jesus of Nazareth were amazed and even stupefied by many things about Jesus: his extraordinary ability to heal ...
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Mary has chosen the better part. Lk. 10:43” In 1983, the movie Yentl made its first appearance in American theaters. Starring Barbara Streisand, it told the story of a ...
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“And who is my neighbor?” Lk: 10-29 Is there a more challenging question in America today than: Who is my neighbor? Sadly, we are a divided people. We ...
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“… rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Lk 10:20 Remember the Baltimore Catechism? Those of you raised as Catholics in the 1940’s and ‘50’s are likely nodding ...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” Lk 9:62 Leroy “Satchel” Paige, the great baseball pitcher, ...