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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Monday of the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings There are so many places I could go with today’s first reading: it give us so many opportunities to look at leadership and the spiritual life. But I think what leapt out at me today is that Moses … Continue reading
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Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy of the Word gives us a welcome look at the urgent need for persistent prayer. In our readings today we see God’s openness to our prayers, we hear a model for our prayers, and we receive … Continue reading
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Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Most of the time when I preach, the homily isn’t really for me. There is always something in the Scriptures that speaks to me in some way, but the main message that I receive from God is not … Continue reading
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Friday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings When I was in seminary, one of my professors used to tell us that the most basic prayer we had to learn was to walk outside, look up and say, "You are God, and I am not." I … Continue reading
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Thursday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings God says to Moses today, “I AM who am.” God cannot be known as something or someone static or even two dimensional. Our God is a God who is active, relational, transcendent and yet immanent, our God is … Continue reading
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Monday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings It’s a frightening thing, I think, to hear Jesus say in today’s Gospel reading, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.” And … Continue reading
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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today's readings At first glance, it all seems so simple, doesn't it? "Go and do likewise." Not a problem. But when a command like "go and do likewise" comes at the end of one of Jesus' parables, we know we … Continue reading
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings “Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” Joseph realized what this Gospel statement of Jesus meant long before Jesus himself ever uttered it. Given his position of power, he could have had all of … Continue reading
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Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Some people think that the spiritual life should be easy. Today’s readings prove to us that it’s not that way. Jacob wrestles with “some man” in today’s first reading; ostensibly, it’s God himself. They tussle all day long … Continue reading
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Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings If we want to know if we are doing God’s will, I think, we need to examine our lives for evidence of joy. The disciple who goes about his or her work in this world grudgingly and amidst … Continue reading
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