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It’s about faith, today’s scripture for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary time: In the Gospel, Jesus has gone off to pray and the disciples are on the “sea” of Galilee at night, and they are being tossed about by the waves. Clearly we all have times in our lives when…
There is a place that I know of on the south side of Chicago, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, an area plagued with poverty, gangs and violence. This place sits on the grounds where a Catholic church once stood and provided nourishment for those who came through its…
There are few things that keep me from enjoying my coffee as I ponder the Scripture of the day sitting in the beauty of our backyard. It’s a nice backyard, lots of flowers, birds and various other wildlife including a plethora of cats. Recently, I have felt like a hostage…
This year the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time gets bumped by the Feast of the Transfiguration — the time when Peter, James and John had a vision type experience of Jesus, transformed before their eyes. I’m a deeply invested cradle Catholic. I can’t imagine how wrenching it would be for…
I’ve sat by the side of the bed of many Sisters over the years as they lay dying. Recently, however, it was a Sister whom I’ve known for almost all of my life in community and who became a fast friend over the years. With her death, I can’t help…
This is the final week of six Gospels which focus on instructions to disciples and descriptions of the kingdom setting where they are to work. So this Sunday’s Gospel (Matt 13:44-52) gives us three additional images and lessons about the kingdom: you have to want the kingdom bad enough that…
Her name is Hannah and yet, many call her by her label, “Developmentally Delayed” or “Special Needs.” Hannah engages, deeply engages, with the people around her. She wants to know the person’s name and always asks, “are you okay?” Hannah is deeply empathetic and will approach anyone in a wheelchair,…
Where are you? It is the most often question asked on cell phones now that we hardly use land phones anymore! I wonder if Jesus talked so much about the Kingdom because he wants us to understand clearly where we really are? In today’s Gospel, Jesus presents us disciples with…
Disciples, like Jesus had, and we who are their successors, have to have a long view of their discipleship. Today’s Epistle from Romans says “I consider the sufferings of the present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us … all creation is groaning in…
I was walking outside when I observed a majestic red-tailed hawk soaring high above a field. It was so inspiring to watch this awesome bird glide and soar on the currents of the wind. Suddenly a tiny sparrow began to dive at the hawk and pick at it and then retreat,…