33rd Wednesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “He replied, ‘Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.’”—Lk 19:17 What will the Lord say to us when our time has come? Will he greet us with open arms like the good servant or will we be shunned from his presence? […]
33rd Tuesday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.”—Lk 19:5 Replace the name Zacchaeus with your own name. If Jesus had said to you and me that he was coming to our house, would we be ready? I think not only my own physical house but my inner house—my […]
FROM SMALL TOWNS TO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
“Where do you celebrate the Eucharist?” Glenmary asked. Three thousand people answered. Deacon Joseph Maundu looked around at the thousands of people gathered on the streets of downtown Indianapolis. “Have you ever been around this many people in your life?” he asks Pat Ioas, a parishioner of Glenmary’s St. John Paul II mission in Grainger […]
33rd Monday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves Apostles but are not, and discovered that they are imposters.”—Rv 2:2 Admittedly these are tough words but I chose them because it forces me to ask the question to […]
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”—Mk 13:31 Who or what do we put our trust in? Do we put it in turbulent waters that are one way today and change the next? Or do we place it in the words of Christ? In today’s Gospel […]
32nd Saturday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Please help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey.”—3 Jn 1:6 In this short letter, the Apostle John is commending Gaius, the leader of the community, for all the support he has given the people and the visiting missionaries so they can continue their journey. We are members […]
32nd Friday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.”—Lk 17:33 Some Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God was coming, just as today some Christians are quite concerned about when the Second Coming of Christ will happen. They seem to feel that if they […]
32nd Thursday in Ordinary Time
From today’s Scripture: “The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who were bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.”—Ps 146:8-9 Sometimes I imagine God as far away, loving me from a distance and not very aware of my specific difficulties. But, the author of this Psalm sees God as close […]
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
From today’s Scripture: “And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.”—Lk 17:15 No admittance. Employees only. No entrance. We are familiar with these signs. So, too, did the 10 lepers in the Gospel. Yet after being […]
St. Josaphat
From today’s Scripture: “When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘…we have done what we were obliged to do.’”—Lk 17:10 It is easy for us to forget that our vocation, the source of our joy and fulfillment, is in doing God’s will, being servants like Jesus, who said. “I did not come […]
