October 29, Great Commandment
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus says what is known as the Great Commandment: "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with…
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus says what is known as the Great Commandment: "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with…
I wrote this in response to a friend who also is having cardiac issues and is worried because his family and friends don’t understand his peaceful acceptance. I hope this…
In Todays Gospel Story Jesus, responding to an attempt to trick him up, says, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s”. We hear this Story…
The setting in which we hear this Parable, the tragedy in Israel Palestine, overshadows everything, and may suggest new insights. In the Gospel a king prepared a wedding feast for…
The Parable of the Landowner and the Vineyard from another perspective. When we let ourselves be open to it, the Gospel Stories, especially the Parables, offer us the opportunity to…
Maybe a different, but for me very real, small picture perspective on the Parable of the Vineyard that is seeming obvious these days. Some 50+ years ago when I entered…
We process a Gospel Story in the setting of what is going on in our life at the time we hear or read it. At times there is both a…
These are my thoughts only as I try to cope with the current CLE situation, not an attempt to sway anyone. The polarization and anger that dominate our political, national,…
Today’s Gospel Story is about two brothers and a vineyard. In the Alleluia Verse we hear, “My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me”. We listen…
Jesus told parables to jolt people into a new way of thinking, of seeing things. The Parable of the Landowner talks about the boundless mercy and generosity of God. Many…