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September 21, 2017
The 25th Sunday of the Year Is 55:6-9; Phil 1:20-24; Mt 20:1-16 (Year A) “Seek the Lord while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near. Let the wicked man abandon his ways, and the evil man his thoughts.” The prophet Isaiah’s call to repentance, coming as the conclusion
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September 14, 2017
24th Sunday of the Year Eccles 27:30–28:7; Rom 14: 7-9; Mt 18:21-35 (Year A) “Resentment and anger, these are foul things, and both are found in the sinner.” These words of ancient wisdom underline an uncomfortable truth. There is within us all a tendency to resentment. Unchecked, we feed our resentments, nursing our hurts, be
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September 07, 2017
The 23rd Sunday of the Year Ez 33:7-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20 (Year A) The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘Son of man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel.’ ” The sentry stands watch over the community, and Ezekiel, as a prophet, was therefore commanded
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August 31, 2017
The 22nd Sunday of the Year Jer 20:7-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27 (Year A) ‘You have seduced me Lord, and I have let myself be sed­uced; you have overpowered me: you were the stronger. I am a daily laughing stock, everybody’s butt.” The prophet Jeremiah’s heartfelt words lay bare the raw humanity at the heart
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August 24, 2017
The 21st Sunday of the Year Is 22:19-23; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 (Year A) ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts to Shebna, the master of the palace: I dismiss you from your post, and the same day I call my servant Eliakim. I invest him with your robe, entrust him with your authority.” We might
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August 17, 2017
The 20th Sunday of the Year Is 56:1 & 6-7; Rom 11:13-15 & 29-32; Mt 15:21-28 (Year A) “Foreigners who have attached themselves to the Lord … these I will bring to my holy mountain. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.” The tendency to isolate and exclude the stranger is a
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August 10, 2017
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year 1 Kings 19:11-13; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 (Year A) “I will hear what the Lord God has to say, a voice that speaks of peace. His help is near for those who fear him, and his glory will dwell in our land.” Prayer, for the psalmist, was an exercise in
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August 03, 2017
The 18th Sunday of the Year Dan 7:9-10 & 13-14; 2 Pet 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 (Year A) The darkest moments in Israel’s long history frequently became the revelation of God’s power to save. From the depths of the Egyptian enslavement Moses was summoned into the presence of the Lord. On Mount Sinai he glimpsed the
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July 27, 2017
The 17th Sunday of the Year 1 Kgs 3:5 & 7-12; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 (Year A) The parables of the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price and the dragnet cast into the sea, have one thing in common: They are all an invitation to discernment. Our lives and actions, whether consciously or unconsciously,
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July 20, 2017
16th Sunday of the Year WIS 12:13 & 16-19; ROM 8:26-27; MT 13:24-43 (Year A) The parables of the Kingdom, understood as a personal examination of individual lives, are both challenging and encouraging. We are that field in which the Lord sowed good seed, and yet, as sinners, we must confess that the outcome of
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July 13, 2017
15th Sunday of the Year Is 55:10-11; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 (Year A) The Parable of the Sower and the seed must rank among the most readily identifiable teachings of Jesus. So familiar are its words that we are in danger of ignoring the warning that Jesus attached to this parable: “You will listen and
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July 06, 2017
14th Sunday of the Year Zech 9:9-10; Rom 8:9 & 11-13; Mt 11:25-30 (Year A) ‘Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem! See now, your king comes to you; he is victorious, he is triumphant, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
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