Sunday's Readings
Dr. Paul on Parasites (Pent. 23, Year C)
Every group project assigned in our schools is made more difficult by the individuals who do not carry their load of the work and yet get the same grade.
Marriage 2.0 (Pentecost 22, Year C)
Because our relationships are far from perfect, it’s helpful to be reminded of our vows, and the invisible bonds that hold us together.
Blessed Dependence (All Saints’ Day, Year C)
Thomas Merton inquired what the ultimate human vocation might be. The friend suggested that he should aspire to be a saint.
Finishing Well (Pent. 20, Year C)
What matters is to stand before the grave and say, no matter the circumstances, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
Don’t Lose Heart (Pent. 19, Year C)
The Old Covenant is a test that, like a carpenter’s plumbline, measures us on a pass/fail basis. By contrast, the New Testament is based on grace and giving.
Singular Purpose (Pent. 18, Year C)
We must train our minds and bodies so that living the gospel becomes who we are and how we live.
Decrease to Increase (Pent. 17, Year C)
We spend our lives lusting for the peak where we can be our own master. Then Jesus enters the scene as the King of creation and of our life.
Godly Contentment (Pent. 16, Year C)
Evil is the result of placing our heart, our hope, our very dependence on our wealth.
Investing Wisely (Pent. 15, Year C)
Through the parable, Jesus teaches that our decision, if it is to be wise, should be predicated on the future and not the present.
Joy of Heaven (Pentecost 14, Year C)
In his love, God searches for sinners and the kingdom rejoices with her King when he recovers them.
Warning and Grace (Pentecost 13, Year C)
The potter of his own will made and remade vessels. He is completely in charge.
Lived Humility (Pentecost 12, Year C)
Only those who have the humility to admit that they do not possess complete knowledge are in the frame of mind necessary to learn.
Sabbath (Pentecost 11, Year C)
As God’s people, we are to reveal his nature to the world—not by our work, but by both enjoying and manifesting God’s work.
The Great Divide (Pent. 10, Year C)
Jesus is the One who divides time into before and after and in that way is the Great Divide.
A Promise, Not a Wish (Pent. 9, Year C)
Like those waiting for their absent master, we need to live our lives with the promise of God informing everything we do and every reaction we make.
Invest Yourself (Pent. 8, Year C)
Our attitude toward our material resources is one of the most obvious measures of our relationship with God and our neighbors.
Christian Prayer (Pentecost 7, Year C)
God the Father is due greater respect than our earthly fathers because he is holy. This respect is not dictated by what he does, but by who he is.
Christ, Our Everything (Pentecost 6, Year C)
St. Paul presents us with an amazingly complete summary of who Jesus really is in his letter to the Colossians.
‘What Must I Do?’ (Pentecost 5, Year C)
Biblical religion is not meant to be a matter of logistics, but of love.
Focused in Battle (Pentecost 4, Year C)
The time has come when the prophecy that God would once again be the King of his people is being fulfilled.
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