Spiritual

‘For the measure with which you measure will in turn be measured out to you.’ I find that statement in today’s Gospel scary. We are talking about more than monetary generosity here. I am guilty of judging people quickly and harshly. I form opinions too readily. And all too often I hold those opinions too […]

  Ever had a mountaintop moment?  Didn’t want it to end, did you? That is why Peter, James, and John wanted to build tents—they wanted to stay, but they couldn’t. No more than we can stay because life goes on. We must come back down the mountain. But those moments give us energy, strength, courage to face

What a wonderful phrase from Deuteronomy today, “You are to be a people peculiarly his own.” WOW!! Do you feel special? You should because you are! God loves you, wants only the best for you, and longs for you to spend all of eternity with him! All that love, if we remember to feel it,

‘…Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Scribes and Pharisees…’. Jesus uses the Scribes and Pharisees often as his foils as he does today. They follow the letter of the law to the “T”, so we should emulate them. Yes, doing the letter of the law is all well and good, but Jesus makes it

Today, we celebrate the “Chair of Peter”,1st Bishop of Rome (Pope). I love Peter!! He gives me such hope. Peter can say the most profound thing (like in today’s Gospel), then turn around and be a totally dense blockhead. Despite his many failings, Jesus loved him and saw in him much goodness and strength. I hope

‘The King of Nineveh…laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth.’ Wow, that is something I admit I am unwilling to do—wear sackcloth. I like to be comfortable, not itchy and bleeding. So, what do I do to remind myself that I should beg forgiveness? I have no good ideas and even if I did,

Isaiah says today, ‘It (God’s word) shall not return to me void but shall do my will.’ Today In the Gospel we are given the Our Father by Jesus. A simple prayer. It is among the first prayers taught to children. Do my words go back to God void? Do I really mean what I

‘Come…inherit the Kingdom.’ We think of an inheritance as something we get that someone else made, built up, created. It is a gift. Jesus and Moses expect us to build the Kingdom we’ll inherit. We will get nothing if we don’t work for it—if we don’t feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger,

“I will set my (rain) bow in the clouds.” What is a rainbow? It is broken light, showing the colors it’s made of. Every color is there. All colors are required to make sunlight. The bow is a reminder of God’s covenant with us. It should also be a reminder that people of all colors

Today, we are promised that; “You shall be like a watered garden.” I am an old farm girl. No longer on a farm, but I do still have a small garden, so I know what a parched garden verses a well-watered garden looks like. I also have the power to turn on the hose of