March 18, Man Born Blind — Some Thoughts
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus heals the man born blind. In the much longer version of the Story, Jesus says “I am the light of the world”. And then, “Jesus…
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus heals the man born blind. In the much longer version of the Story, Jesus says “I am the light of the world”. And then, “Jesus…
In today’s Gospel Jesus flies in the face of Temple tradition and has a discussion with a Samaritan woman alone, just the two of them. It is good to remember…
In todays’s Gospel Story Jesus is transfigured and his disciples get to see the fullness of who he really is. While we know what the Story tells us about the…
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its flavor, with what can it be seasoned?”. In the Alleluia we…
This Sunday’s Gospel Story is from a part of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount known as the Beatitudes. We are hearing this Story in the setting of more shootings, both…
Jesus says “The Kingdom of God is at hand”. As we look around at headlines, web pages, tweets, etc, it seems that quite a few folks want to use the…
In today’s Gospel Story we hear yet again, “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand”. And in the Psalm we say, “The Lord is my light and salvation”.…
One of the many things we can learn from Christmas is that for God people are important. Jesus came among us through people who were on the peripheries — an…
The Gospel Stories speak to us in the setting of what is going on in our life when we read or hear them. Right now with the death of my…
In today’s Gospel Story (Lk 12:32-48) Jesus is telling his disciples, and us, to be alert because they/we do not know when he is coming into our lives. This is…