Reflections on the weekly gospel from our Pastor.
Peace and all Good! The first Sunday of Advent, with which we begin this liturgical year, has a very similar tone to the final Sundays of the previous liturgical year. We have finished the previous year in the expectant tone of Christ’s return, which is like the climax of the whole work of redemption. We Read More
With this beautiful Solemnity of Christ the King, we bring our liturgical year to a close. However, today’s feast transforms our image of Christ the King—what makes him “kingly.” Rather than calling up images of Jesus Christ dressed in royal purple, the Gospel proclaims it is the sign over his head on the throne of Read More
Dear Friends, Peace and all Good! As we near our new liturgical year of Advent, the Church presents us with a narrative of the end times. Speculation about the end-time has been around for a long time. When will it happen? What signs will precede it? People have always wanted certainty about it. In today’s Read More
What is heaven like? How many times we have asked that question, as children and adults. As children, we are just curious, but then as adults, we get more serious about this, especially when someone we love dies. What happens in heaven? What will we look like? Will the others we knew on earth be Read More
Our Gospel today tells the story of Zacchaeus, the tax collector turned saint! In Jesus’ day tax collectors were a despised lot. They worked for the Romans, the Gentile power who ruled their land. Tax collectors would supplement their income with a surcharge. This despised man was so eager to see Jesus that he climbed Read More
Today’s Gospel reading is the account of the Pharisee and the tax collector who both go up to the temple to pray. The difference in their prayer is striking. Reread this passage and note the difference not only in their words but in their attitudes. The prayer of the tax collector is every believer’s prayer: Read More
The Gospel parable about the widow’s persistence in petitioning the judge is directed toward changing his mind so that he will act and render a just decision. Our prayer is not about changing God’s mind, however. Rather our persistent prayer is about a faithful relationship to God that “expands us and our expectations of how Read More
The gospel reading for today is the entire 15th chapter of Luke’s gospel. It appears to be all about ‘lost property’: the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son. Jesus told these three stories in response to the Pharisees who accused him of consorting with sinners – people who had lost their way. Read More
Peace and all Good! Outside Phoenix, about 30 miles west on Hwy. I-10, you pass a half-built and empty stadium which has never been finished and just sits there empty and crumbling down little by little. I am reminded of the Gospel verse today: “You began to build what you could not finish.” The city Read More
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