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When I was on staff at a parish in Denver, I knew a woman named Margaret who had seven children. Her husband died, and she married another, but after a few years, he got cancer and also died. Then after that, two college-aged children were killed in separate car accidents.…
This Sunday’s Gospel is Luke’s charming story of Zaccheaus, the short tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus coming down the road. Children love this story, as do catechists! At the end of his account, Luke gives us the lesson: “For the Son of Man came to seek…
Through volunteering, I have met homeless people, at shelters or as patients at the county hospital. It surprised me how they almost never made excuses for themselves. They admitted freely to addictions, to lives marked by irresponsibility and even crime — that is, they were admitted sinners. At the same…
On this 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we have two paired Scriptures. The Hebrew Scripture describes Moses with hands outstretched in prayer as his forces engage an enemy. When his arms get tired and he lowers them, the Hebrews begin losing the battle. So his assistants prop them up. The…
“One of them … returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.” This person, of course, is the 10th of the lepers Jesus healed. We also hear this Gospel about the cleansing of the lepers on the Votive Mass for…
“When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’” Jesus uses an example in our Gospel today of hard-working servants. Jesus affirms their master for not rewarding them because, after all, hard work is just their…
The Hebrew Scripture reading this Sunday is part of the prophet Amos’ diatribe against rich people, who feast while the poor starve. For our Gospel, we continue hearing from Luke’s chapter 16 where he also is talking about wealth. It is Jesus’ parable about the rich man and the poor…
This Sunday we hear a troubling parable. A steward (like a property manager) is going to be fired for cheating his master. So he cuts deals with the master’s debtors and reduces their debts — and in return they help him out, maybe by giving him a cut from the…
Blue Bloods, the CBS TV drama about a Catholic family of cops (and one prosecutor), has gotten renewed for a 13th season. Yeah! In many episodes, one or the other TV character is dealing with a bad-behaving person who has a good streak, and is cutting them a break or…
Maybe you’ve heard the admonition, “Don’t start what you can’t finish.” This wise saying helps make sense of our somewhat disjointed Sunday’s Gospel. Jesus is talking to his followers about discipleship. First he advises that being his follower means “hating” one’s family and even oneself. Of course Jesus does not…