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Sunday September 15th: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 15:1-32, we hear three parables from Jesus. The Parable of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin and Lost Son. In these stories, Jesus gives three earthly examples of the great joy we experience in finding that which is lost in order to describe our Heavenly Father’s joy over “one… | Continue reading..
Sunday September 15th: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 15:1-32, we hear three parables from Jesus. The Parable of the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin and Lost Son. In these stories, Jesus gives three earthly examples of the great joy we experience in finding that which is lost in order to describe our Heavenly Father’s joy over “one… | Continue reading..
Sunday September 8th: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel from Luke 14:25-33 Jesus is using hyperbole to express to the crowds how great is the cost of being a disciple. “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother…he cannot be my disciple.” (LK 14:26) This is difficult to understand. Jesus, who gave his life for us out… | Continue reading..
Sunday September 1st: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel from Luke 14:1, 7-14, Jesus is dining “at the home of one of the leading Pharisees.” Jesus, noticing how the people were, “choosing places of honor at the table”, proceeds to tell them a parable. He speaks of when they are invited to a banquet, they should take the “lowest place”… | Continue reading..
Sunday August 25th: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel from Luke 13:22-30, Jesus is asked, “will only a few people be saved?” In response, Jesus does not quantify an answer. Instead, he challenges those present to, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate”. The question posed may lead us to wonder what the individual was really asking. Were they… | Continue reading..
Sunday August 18th: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What is your biggest fear? Even the thought of our biggest fear may run a shiver down our spine. It could be a fear of heights, snakes, insects… The list goes on. What most of us never think about is a fear almost all of us have deep down inside. It is a fear… | Continue reading..
Sunday August 11th: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Where is God in the list of priorities in your life? Do you procrastinate God and your faith? Do not be misled by the question as it does not imply that there is a list of boxes to check when it comes to living our faith. It is just that, living our faith. As simple as… | Continue reading..
Sunday August 4th: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Why do we practice our faith? Why do we attend Mass? These are questions we should be able to answer in some form though there are many ways to answer them. Let us ask the same question about why the people were flocking to get close to Jesus in today’s Gospel from Luke 12:13-21…. | Continue reading..
Sunday July 28th: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s Readings teach us much about the importance of prayer and how prayer is not only a dialogue between us and our Lord but that it requires a relationship between us and our Lord. In the first reading from Genesis 18:20-32, Abraham is using intercessory prayer on behalf of the city of Sodom when… | Continue reading..
Sunday July 21st: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Sunday’s Gospel from Luke 10:38-42 may be a bit confusing upon a first reading. Martha is working hard, serving and cleaning while her sister Mary sat at Jesus’ feet, seemingly doing nothing. Where is the fairness in this situation? Surely many of you reading this would empathize with Martha here. Especially taking into… | Continue reading..
