Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Mt. 18:20   “For a city as fragmented as ours, Harvey could’ve completely ...

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Mt. 16: 23 Several years ago, I had ...

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

  “Who do you say I am?” Mt. 16:14   Today’s gospel begins in a rather unusual way. It starts with a statement about geography, about a certain city way ...

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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“’O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And the woman’s daughter was healed from that hour.” (Mt. 15: 28)   Today’s gospel ...

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” Jesus said, ‘Come.’ So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and ...