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“Glory” is a visible manifestation of God’s presence revealed to us. In today’s Gospel, when Jesus prays, “Father, glorify your name,” a voice from heaven thunders, “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.” The context is Jesus’ impending passion, and John Evangelist has Jesus drive the lesson home…
On a recent walk I noticed a sign posted in someone’s yard. My guess is that a police officer lives there or is a relative to someone who lives there. The sign read, “Blue Lives Matter.” Having a police officer in my family, I would have to agree. As I…
I still remember years ago seeing my first John 3:16 bumper sticker. Of course we cradle Catholics usually don’t know our Scriptures by heart, so after I had seen a couple more of these, I went to my Bible to see what this was about. Today in our Gospel (Cycle…
Each year on the third, fourth and fifth Sundays of Lent, some congregations will hear the readings from Cycle A and others from Cycle B, the current cycle. Cycle A is used every year at Masses where there are people present who are preparing for baptism, confirmation and Eucharist at…
My favorite TV channel is HGTV. One of my favorite shows is Fixer Upper. On this show a couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines, remodel houses for their clients. When they reveal to the people their new home, Chip almost always says, “Welcome home!” Recently I have been thinking a lot…
Two beloved sons appear in our Scriptures this weekend: Isaac, son of Abraham, and Jesus whom a voice from a cloud identifies: This is my beloved son. Listen to him. Our second reading (Romans 8:31b-34) gives us the link: God … did not spare his own Son … how will…
Four times each year, we as a Council step away from the office, the phone, email and the work we are attending to. We take a day and typically retreat to Kiser Lake, that lovely space in God’s creation that we are truly blessed to have. We give ourselves to…
It is the first Sunday of Lent, and the Hebrew Scripture reading is the end of the flood story where God makes a covenant with Noah and his descendants. The rainbow is the reminder that God will be faithful to that covenant. In today’s Gospel, Jesus is led into the…
I always think of St. Francis of Assisi when I hear this Gospel (Mk 1:40-45). In it Jesus heals a leper, but he did it by actually touching him. St. Francis found lepers of his day particularly repulsive, his biographer reported, and one day, inspired by this very Scripture, he…
“Do not let me hear again, the voice of the Lord my God, nor look any longer on this great fire, or I shall die” (from first reading of fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Deut. 18: 15-20). We create layers of insulation between us and God. God seems dangerous, scary,…