18th Sunday of the Year – First Impressions 2

Well the Book of Ecclesiastes is a real “downer!” The book doesn’t have many references to…

18th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

When our congregation hears the Ecclesiastes reading today they will wonder who Qoheleth is. It is…

18th Sunday of the Year

Here is where that security that people long for lies. Real security is not in the…

18th Sunday of the Year

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

18th Sunday of the Year – To Accumulate Goods for Oneself is Madness

Introduction Three times in the Gospel of Luke Jesus was asked for indications about inheritance. “What…

17th Sunday of the Year

REFLECTION There is this human tendency we all have of avoiding persons and experiences which make…

17th Sunday of the Year

“Teach us how to pray,” the disciples asked Jesus. This is the longing of our souls.…

17th Sunday of the Year – The Lord teaches us to pray

A little boy was standing on the banks of the Mississippi River waving and shouting at…

17th Sunday of the Year – Learn once more to trust

Luke and Matthew have collected in their respective gospels some words of Jesus which, doubtless, remained…

17th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Here’s something you probably don’t know. Brooklyn is farm country. No, not like the farms in…