March 2024

“the Kingdom of God has come”, says Jesus in today’s passage from Luke’s Gospel. What does the Kingdom look like? What does it mean to be subjects of the Kingdom? We are not slaves or serfs! I don’t think we are minions either! St. Paul says we are co-heirs with Christ. That makes us princes […]

In our reading from Deuteronomy, Moses enjoins the Israelites to instruct their children and grandchildren in God’s statutes and remind them of God’s great deeds. Even the psalmist mentions blessing the children. I don’t have children to whom I can hand down my faith. I have only my friends and neighbors and their children. I

In today’s scriptures, Azariah, in the midst of the blazing furnace, begs God to be merciful for the sake of Azariah’s faithful ancestors. What an interesting thought! God remains faithful because our ancestors were faithful. Today would have been my dad’s 102nd birthday. Dad was a faithful and faith-filled man until his death 7 months ago.

Today we meet Naaman, the army commander and a foreigner, who traveled to see the prophet Elisha seeking to be cured of his leprosy. Naaman was a man of action, so he was deeply unhappy that Elisha did not come out to perform a miracle, sending only a message to go and wash in the

Ever lose your temper over people distorting something you hold dear—twisting it to serve their needs? I do!! I get angry when I watch the real news and see yet another false attack on a politician or piece of legislation. The good of the country has been abandoned, or rather sacrificed at the altar of

Today we hear Jesus’ detractors muttering, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ Remember being told to pick your friends carefully? Or not to hang out with “that” crowd. Actually, it is sound advice, but we are not to place ourselves above others. Jesus moved in many circles hoping to bring the Good News