Sundays Readings: ZEC 9:9-10, ROM 8:9, 11-13, MT 11:25-30 Lecturas del Dia SHARE THE BURDEN “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). These words of our Savior seem to be in stark contrast to the previous chapter from the same Gospel, when we were…
Sundays Readings: 2 KGS 4:8-11, 14-16A, ROM 6:3-4, 8-11, MT 10:37-42 Lecturas del dia CHRISTIAN HOSPITALITY Day in and day out, we are required to make judgment calls informed by tough, durable, serviceable Christian love. We do what we can do, and God takes notice. God is in charge of rewards, and a glass of…
Sundays Readings: JER 20:10-13, ROM 5:12-15, MT 10:26-33 Lecturas del dia ENTHUSIASM AND GRAMMAR There is a good reason that the writings of St. Paul don’t show up as examples in grammar textbooks. Today’s reading is a case in point. It begins with one of those long Pauline run on sentences that leave lectors gasping…
Sundays Reading: DT 8:2-3, 14B-16A, 1 COR 10:16-17, JN 6:51-58 Lecturas del Dia FOOD FROM HEAVEN God sustained the people of Israel for forty years in the desert with manna sent down from heaven, and Moses doesn’t want them to forget it. God brought forth water from stone for them to drink, and Moses doesn’t…
Sundays Readings: EX 34:4B-6, 8-9, 2 COR 13:11-13, JN 3:16-18 Lecturas del Dia GRACE AND ETERNAL LIFE Moses is a man after our own hearts, for haven’t we all dealt with more than our share of stiff-necked people? Indeed, have- n’t we all gotten a little stiff-necked ourselves at times? Complaining . . . impatient…
Sundays Readings: GN 11:1-9, ROM 8:22-27, JN 7:37-39 Lecturas del Dia THE RICHNESS OF THE SPIRIT Students, and most adults recalling their school days, are familiar with the phrase “compare and contrast” that shows up from time to time on tests. Today we hear two different accounts of the giving of the Holy Spirit to…
Sundays Reading: ACTS 1:12-14, PS 27:1, 4, 7-8, 1 PT 4:13-16, JN 17:1-11A Lecturas Del Domingo “PUSHED” OUT ON MISSION There is a delightful character in the original Dr. Dolittle Tales called the “Pushmi-Pullyu.” It is a beast with two identical halves, with a head at each end. No matter which direction the beast walks,…
Sundays Readings: ACTS 8:5-8, 14-17, PS 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20, 1 PT 3:15-18, JN 14:15-21 Lecturas Del Dia THE REASON FOR OUR HOPE “What is the reason for your hope?” Imagine somebody coming up to you and asking you that question. Not “What are you hoping for?” or “What are you hoping to do?”…
Sundays Readings: ACTS 6:1-7, PS 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-1, 1 PT 2:4-9, JN 14:1-12 Lecturas Del Dia VOCATION Roman Catholics in the United States spend a good deal of time speaking of “vocation” and the manner in which each of us discerns our vocation for life. In today’s apostolic letter, however, Peter gives us the “cornerstone”…
Sundays Readings: ACTS 2:14A, 36-41, 23: 1-3A, 3B4, 5, 6, 1 PT 2:20B-25, JN 10:1-10 Lecturas del Dia IN NEED OF A SHEPHERD For a while it was very fashionable to own pigs as pets. The publicity surrounding these creatures informed us that they were contrary to their popular image very clean animals, and also…