October 14, Feast
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 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…
Paradigms, how we see things, are very powerful. One example is how we see what Jesus refers to as the kingdom of God, or the kingdom of heaven. If we…
For a number of reasons the recent diocesan “Parish & School Policy on Issues of Sexuality and Gender Identity” bothers me. I just don’t like it. One big reason is…
The last 2 weeks have been a painful time for Catholics in the CLE with the issuing of Diocese’s “Parish & School Policy on Issues of Sexuality and Gender Identity”.…