Sunday Reflection

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  29th Sunday: Monica’s Prayer

  Oct 14, 2016

  That widow in Jesus’ parable who kept badgering the judge to vindicate her cause — think of what she was up against.

  
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  What the Samaritan sees

  Oct 07, 2016

  When Naaman the Syrian is cured of his skin disease, he asks Elisha permission to haul off a pile of dirt.

  
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  Faith transforms crises into challenges

  Sep 30, 2016

  Horrible things were happening at the time that Habakkuk wrote our first reading for this week.

  
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  Problems with corporate wealth

  Sep 23, 2016

  We hate to be reminded of the idiocy of our practices: rewarding our entertainers with lavish bounty while resenting the person on welfare, giving golden parachutes to failed CEOs and nothing to workers laid off as their companies downsize or relocate to more profitable locales.

  
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  Using our ingenuity for the Lord

  Sep 16, 2016

  Today’s gospel reminds me of a story I read about an enterprising soldier. A young man joined the Israeli army and, after his training, etc, he was assigned to a tank division near the Israeli-Syria border.

  
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  There are no lost souls

  Sep 10, 2016

  The man asked for an appointment, came into the priest’s office and sat across from him. The priest didn’t know the man. He had no idea why he wanted

  
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  Vexing questions with a simple answer

  Sep 02, 2016

  Perhaps, we can call this “Vexing Sunday.” Two of the three readings for this week are really confounding.

  
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  Twenty-second Sunday: Reversals of Fortune

  Aug 25, 2016

  One tradition in the Hebrew scriptures, especially in the wisdom literature, frequently highlights the irony of inverted expectations.

  
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  Entitlement, Presumption and the Cost of Discipleship

  Aug 19, 2016

  A good place to begin today is a little discussion of the concept of entitlement. There are certain things that we are entitled to have.

  
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  The Assumption of Mary into heaven: United to her son, praying for us

  Aug 11, 2016

  I want to begin today by speaking about relics. What are relics? Usually, they are items that were part of the Lord’s life and death, such as relics of the true cross, or relics of saints, most often portions of the saints’ bodies.