4th Sunday of Ordinary Time

In the town of Nazareth, where so many knew the Lord well, saw him grow, visited…

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Hometown Prophets

Today’s Gospel reading begins with the last verse from last Sunday’s Gospel. Jesus is in his…

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

It is important to be a good listener. Sometimes in the course of a conversation a…

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

A friend challenged me recently to write and focus a little more on the second scripture…

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Someone asked before I became priest, “’Supposed you express interest in some but get snubbed or…

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time

THE BEGINNING of today’s Gospel repeats some of last Sunday’s. Jesus, at the beginning of his…

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – The Prophet: An Uncomfortable Person

Introduction There are unexpected and unintended tribulations, but there are others that are the result of…

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

‘Start as you mean to go on’ is a very good proverb and Jesus certainly does…

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Isaiah the prophet proclaimed the coming of Jesus the Messiah, the Christ, the “anointed” one. The…

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Gospel Summary With this passage Luke introduces his two-volume work—Gospel and Acts of the Apostles. Luke’s…