19th Sunday of the Year – “Blessed are they who open at once”

Background: Today’s Gospel continues the theme of last Sunday. We must always be ready, for death…

19th Sunday of the Year – Be Prepared

Message: Our world depends on those who live Jesus’ word: “Be prepared, for at an hour…

19th Sunday of the Year – Don’t Just Look Busy, Be Busy

Today’s Gospel reading reminds me of the old story of the apparition on the corner of…

19th Sunday of the Year

If we live in the past, says one writer, we tarnish the present and forget the…

19th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

Sometimes it is not hard to imagine the world in which Jesus lived. It seeps through…

19th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Last week we heard the parable of the rich fool who would tear down his barns…

19th Sunday of the Year

One day in 1870, the State of Connecticut was enveloped by a mysterious darkness. The same…

19th Sunday of the Year

OUR ATTITUDE TO MATERIAL THINGS is the subject of today’s readings. It is about the things…

19th Sunday of the Year – Becoming Rich by Becoming Poor

Introduction How much waiting for a feast! Months of work to prepare for a fleeting day…

18th Sunday of the Year

PRE-PRAYERING In this part of the world we have a little cat-like animal, the skunk. Its…