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The other night, at the last light of dusk, the motion-sensor light on the garage came on, illuminating the backyard. Curious, I looked out to see what triggered it and saw a tawny doe with her twin fawns. The spots on the twins were just beginning to fade but were…
My Italian father insisted that there always be bread on the dinner table, no matter what the meal was! Bread is the “staff of life” in so many cultures. I’ve noticed that inflation in underdeveloped countries is often measured by a rise in the price of bread, and emergency food…
Our current lectionary cycle is B, in which Mark’s Gospel is frequently used as the Sunday Gospel. But Mark’s is a short Gospel. So for five weeks in year B, we switch to the Gospel of John and hear the “bread of life” passages from John, Chapter 6. Remember, John’s…
On this 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (the counted weeks of the liturgical year), the first Hebrew Scripture reading and the Gospel both speak about shepherds. So I expect we might hear homilies about this theme. But the second reading from Ephesians is especially significant for our Precious Blood family.…
“He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick. …” The simple walking stick — not the fancy, manufactured poles you can buy in a sporting goods store but a wooden stick — is a beautiful symbol for the commission we all have to bring the…
Remember that saying we learned as children? Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will ever hurt you. Probably you and I learned pretty early in life that this saying is not true! Rejection hurts. We all face rejection, often delivered with words. A special kind of rejection…
When reading Scripture, we Catholics are taught first to look at the historical context of the passage, to understand the literary elements, the forms of writing, the purpose of the Evangelist or other writers, to consider the way this particular passage relates to other passages of Scripture, and so on.…
Often a chance remark or a question gets me thinking and ends up jump-starting what I write. So I wonder, what inspired Paul as he wrote 2 Cor 5:14-17, today’s second reading? He is writing around the year 55, so just 20 years after Jesus’ death. I wonder if people…
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, Jesus is talking about the “kingdom of God,” a very different kingdom from kingdoms of worldly rulers. Jesus uses teaching images of seeds that sprout and grow of their own accord, and of the mustard seed, “the smallest of all the seeds on the earth,”…
Not too long ago I attended a wedding celebrated in the Hindu tradition. It was full of many symbolic actions. For example, the parents of the bride and groom were on the dais with the bride and groom throughout the ceremony, and the parents had certain parts in it —…
