March 30 Prodigal
Today’s Gospel Story (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) is the very familiar Parable of the prodigal Son. The Psalm Verse is “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord”. The Psalm says…
March 23, Fig
Today’s Psalm reminds us “The Lord is kind and merciful”. The Gospel Verse calls us to “Repent, says the Lord; the kingdom of heaven is at hand”. And the Gospel…
March 16, Transfiguration
Today’s Gospel Story (Luke 9:28b-36) is Jesus transfigured in the presence of some of his disciples. As usual, there are both the majority report, what the Story has traditionally been…
March 9, Temptation
In today’s Gospel Story (Luke 4:1-13) Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days. Here the Spirit leads him into the desert where he is tempted…
March 2, Notice
The Scriptures speak to us in the setting of whatever is going on in our life when we read or hear them. Today’s readings are no exception. The high levels…
February 23, Hear
It’s worthwhile to bear in mind that I “process” the gospel stories through what is going on in my life when I hear or read them. There is a lot…
February 16, More
Some thoughts from the “minority report” aspect of today’s Gospel Story (Luke 6:17, 20-26), what it seems to be saying to me. It is worth noting that the Story tells…
February 16, Woes
We process the Gospel Stories through whatever is going on in our life when we hear or read them. Today’s is no exception. This week Pope Francis sent a letter…
February 9, Deep
The Gospel Stories speak on many levels. There is a saying in scriptural theology that “all the Gospel Stories are true, and some of them even happened”. They are not…
February 2, Presentation
As always, we “process” scripture readings through whatever is going on in our life when we hear or read them. Today’s readings for the Presentation of the Lord are no…