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Intimacy might be the key idea in the Gospel for this 14th week of ordinary time. Being a disciple can be a daunting idea and task. This week we are given a “you can do it” hug. How? In the first reading from Zechariah we hear about a king who…
The other day I was driving home from an area of Los Angeles in which I am very unfamiliar. Getting home I used my GPS. Driving along the freeway the GPS informed me that I could save 28 minutes by taking another route. So, with my sense of exploration, I…
Last week’s focus — Jesus instructing his disciples for their mission of evangelization — continues in today’s Gospel and really in all the July Gospels. Remember, his instruction to his disciples is meant for us today! Vatican II lifted up the vocation of the non-ordained person by naming our mission:…
After the Easter Season and the great post Easter solemnities of Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, and the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we return today to the “counted weeks” of the liturgical year called “ordinary time.” In the Gospel for this cycle A, 12th Sunday of ordinary time…
Most of the tremors that happen in Guatemala I don’t notice. Last night I did. It woke me up. It was a tremor here, but in Tajamulco it was 6.9. Thanks be to God it was deep enough to not do horrible damage like the last earthquake they had there…
Recently I was at a week-long training session in Chicago. The last day we had an integration/retreat day. After I had re-read all of the notes I had taken and reviewed the week in my mind, I decided to take a walk down to Lake Michigan, only about a 15-minute…
“Unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of his blood, you do not have life within you, we hear proclaimed in the Gospel for this feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.” (Jn 6: 51-58) Many of the Jewish listeners were scandalized —…
The Spider Wort plant sends up tall stocks that produce what I would call a “fist full” of tiny buds. It is my observation that each of these buds burst open to reveal a trinity of deep purple petals held together by a golden crown of pollen producing stamen. Each…
It’s bumper sticker Sunday next Sunday, AKA Trinity Sunday. John 3:16 seen frequently on bumper stickers clues me that this Gospel is one of the best loved and most motivating passages in Christian scripture. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes…
The other day while cleaning out an old tool shed, I found a quaint looking little glass bottle packed with what looked like dried mud. Having found it in a corner beneath lots of other “castaways,” I figured it may be have been there for a while. On the bottom…