In the early part of the Thirteenth Century, Giovanni Franceso Bernardone was headed to a prosperous…
Year: 2023
15th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2
Even we city kids knew something about seeds sprouting, growing and bearing fruit. My grandfather didn’t…
15th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The Isaiah reading is a favorite of many preachers I know. When we preachers gather for…
15th Sunday of the Year
We have a saying that goes this way: “Ignorance of the law excuses no one.”…
15th Sunday of the Year
Sacred Space: http://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/OA151/ THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT PARTS in today’s Gospel: parable, interlude, and explanation of…
15th Sunday of the Year – Between Heaven and Earth: The Word
Introduction What reliability does man’s word offer? Not much. Dejected and disappointed, the psalmist kept repeating:…
14th Sunday of the year
“At that time Jesus declared, ‘I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that…
14th Sunday of the year – Rejoice in the Power that Brings Fullness of Life.
“Rejoice heartily O daughter Jerusalem.” The reading speaks about the end of all wars. There will…
14th Sunday of the year
PRE-PRAYERING I read the other day that ninety thousand birds crash into office windows in New…
14th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS
We might have expected today’s reading from Zechariah to appear on Palm Sunday when Jesus entered…