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Monthly Archives: July 2008
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Today’s readings St. Ignatius is a good example of what the Lord is saying through Jeremiah the prophet today. Just like the potter, God can and does form and re-form us all through our lives, becoming ourselves more and more … Continue reading
St. Martha
Today's readings You know, I think St. Martha gets kind of a bad rap in general. She is maybe best known for the fact that she complained about having to do all the cooking and serving while her sister Mary … Continue reading
Litany of the Saints?
Well, they got St. Patrick in there. But they forgot to give a shout out to Tom Lehrer (look him up). I guess there’s a problem with the fully formed conscience, but we can work on that.
Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today's readings Someone once told me about a movie called “Everest.” I haven’t seen it, but I’m told it’s about a mountain climbing expedition that went horribly wrong. The climbers were making their way to Everest's summit when a storm … Continue reading
Ss. Joachim and Anne, Parents of Mary
Today's readings: Sirach 44:1, 44:10-15, Psalm 132:11-18, Matthew 13:16-17 “Now I will praise those godly men and women,our ancestors, each in their own time.” We don’t know much, well anything really, about Joachim and Anne. Even in the Gospels where … Continue reading
Feast of St. James, Apostle
Today's readings “Can you drink the chalice of which I am going to drink?” What does that even mean for us? We know what Jesus’ chalice was like: it led him through sorrow, and abandonment, and ultimately to the cross. … Continue reading
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings We’ve just had this Gospel reading in the Sunday readings in the last couple of weeks, so I thought I’d touch on a few verses that I didn’t go into in that homily. And these are some of … Continue reading
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings The job of a prophet is not an easy one. And we should all know, because we are all in some ways the prophetic seeds the Lord is sowing in the world. We might fall on good soil, … Continue reading
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today's readings Sometimes, as St. Paul reminds the Romans today, we do not know how to pray as we ought. In fact, learning how to pray as we ought is a discipline that takes a lifetime to perfect. The saints … Continue reading
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Saturday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings There is a wonderful, comforting message in today’s readings, and it’s a message that speaks to all of us when we’re at the end of the rope in our faith life. That message is that God hears the … Continue reading