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Today we begin Holy Week, a week when we hear the Passion Narrative twice. On Good Friday the Passion Narrative from John’s Gospel is always read, and on Palm Sunday we hear the Passion Narrative according to the liturgical year. This year it’s the Gospel of Luke (Year C). But…
Perhaps some of you may hear the A cycle Gospel reading today, if you attend a Mass where there are catechumens. The rest of us will hear the C cycle Gospel about the woman arrested for adultery. The scribes and Pharisees and onlookers wanted to stone her to death in…
On this fourth Sunday of Lent, our Gospel is the story of the prodigal son. If you are like me, the story is so powerful that I miss how this Gospel starts. A mixed audience has gathered to hear Jesus speak — “tax collectors and sinners,” and “Pharisees and scribes.”…
Our Sunday Gospel in our year C readings contains two examples of tragedy. In the first, some Galileans had been murdered by Pilate; in the second, 18 people were killed by a falling tower. These tragedies posed for Jesus’ listeners the question we all ask: Why must innocent people suffer?…
In all three cycles of our liturgical year, the Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent is the Transfiguration. The first Sunday of Lent focused on our present journey to holiness which includes overcoming temptations and their resulting faults and sins. This second Sunday presents the final goal of life,…
We begin our six Sundays of Lent with Luke’s Gospel account of Jesus’ temptations in the desert. Mark’s short Gospel, written around 70 C.E. (Christian Era), only says that Jesus was tempted. But about 15 years later, Luke and Matthew expanded Mark’s account by describing three different temptations of Jesus…
Jesus grew up in Nazareth, in Galilee, the northern agricultural part of Israel. He lived in Joseph’s household, and Joseph was a carpenter. So today, as we finish Luke’s Chapter six, Luke gives us a parable that might have been told by a carpenter, and an agricultural analogy. They conclude…
Today we continue hearing from Luke’s Chapter 6. He is writing in about the year 80 C.E. for the new Christian communities scattered mostly around the Mediterranean. These communities were mixed — some members could draw from the ethical code of their Hebrew heritage, but most were from other religious…
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Luke pictures Jesus giving a significant sermon. It’s a sermon that summarizes things Jesus said during his preaching career about how his followers should behave, and we’ll hear another portion of it next Sunday. Over the years I’ve met a number of former Catholics who have…
Last week, a Sister in the house I live in related a saying often attributed to St. Mother Teresa. It went something like this: “God never gives us more than we can carry. But I wish God didn’t trust me so much!” While Mother Teresa didn’t actually say this, it…