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Lent is here again! Today’s Gospel from Luke is the familiar story of how Jesus is tempted by the devil. Luke took the very short version of Jesus’ temptations found in Mark’s earlier Gospel and expanded it to teach his Gospel listeners. Mark’s Gospel just says Jesus was tempted; Luke…
Do you like to read the advice columns or self-help columns in the newspaper? Parts of some Old Testament books called “wisdom literature” sound a little like them. These biblical writings give prosaic advice for ethical living in daily life. “Wisdom literature” was written in the centuries just before Jesus’…
I’ve noticed that a strong sense of fairness is closely connected with my sense of self. This observation seems supported by people like Lawrence Kohlberg and his successors who maintain that fairness is the basic moral sense and stance of most human persons. When I watch animal shows, I wonder…
This week’s Gospel makes me feel a little guilty. I am a nun, but I have a comfortable life. Today we hear Luke’s version of the Beatitudes: “Blessed are you who are poor for the kingdom of God is yours.” And that is paired with “Woe to you who are…
Last week we heard God calling Jeremiah the prophet. This week our Hebrew Scripture reading describes the call of another prophet, Isaiah. In our second reading from Corinthians, Paul marvels at his call. Then in our Gospel, Jesus affirms Simon by choosing his boat for the “miraculous catch of fish”…
Prophets in Hebrew Scripture were like canaries in coal mines, alerting rulers, authorities or the Hebrew people when they were getting off track. Our first reading and our Gospel have Jeremiah and Jesus doing this. Jeremiah is trying to wake people up to the consequences of straying from their covenant…
On this 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, it is worth considering the second reading from 1 Corinthians 12. There Paul uses his signature metaphor: body of Christ. We Catholics are Eucharistic Christians, but unfortunately we often think first only of the consecrated host as the body of Christ. In Paul’s…
Some of our Protestant brethren do not use a lectionary. Instead their preachers select the text for preaching at the Sunday service. Catholics, and some non-Catholics like Episcopalians and Lutherans, use a lectionary, a selection of biblical readings arranged for a liturgical year. We Catholics have a three-year lectionary. This…
We start the Christmas Ordinary Time part of our Church year today — some weeks between the Advent and Christmas season and the beginning of Lent — “counted” weeks; the number will depend on whether Easter is early or late, which depends on the first full moon of spring. This…
This blog is from the Precious Blood Spirituality Committee, a committee formed of representatives from the seven communities who are part of the Precious Blood Leadership Conference (PBLC). Over the past few years, I have shared my reflections on the spirituality of the Precious Blood a number of times, here…