What kind of spirit do we have? Is it obvious that we are filled with God’s spirit? Is our relationship with the Lord one that enables us to speak with authority about our life with God and share that with others? Or does our worldly spirit crowd out all that is holy. Are we still …
Let us ask God to anoint us with grace so that we may bring joy to others; that we may help others free themselves from fear, cynicism and hatred; that we may restore hope to those in despair and heal those broken in body and spirit. May our humble generosity and grateful kindness proclaim to …
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Outward expressions of religious faith and religious faith itself are not one and the same. They do not stand or fall together. Outward expressions change; customs change; traditions change; rituals change. Through it all religious faith abides. We need to be sure that our understanding of religion is not …
St. Augustine – Pray for us! – In the eyes of Jesus life is an endowment which we hold in trust for God. And the greatest factor about that endowment is its potential. One of the worst sins that any of us can commit is to treat life like a buried treasure, to hang on …
St. Monica – Pray for us! – This is a story about ‘divine delay’ not only at the end of our life but all throughout our life. It is a reminder that God does not function according to our clocks and calendars. We cannot put the Almighty on a time schedule. But like those five …
The gospel presents life lived with the expectation of God’s return. We see a picture of a servant living faithfully and carefully while he waits for the return of his own master. What is seen is an image of our own life of faith. We are that servant waiting for the final appearing of our …
St. Louis – Pray for us! – Those who talk a good game never test themselves on the playing field. These are people who love to live in the past and in the future but have no guts to live in the present. Let us pray for ourselves and for one another that we will …
St. Bartholomew – Pray for us! – God knows us better than we know ourselves; God sees our thoughts and perspectives before we understand them ourselves. By God’s grace, may we be ‘authentic’ in our living out of God’s Word. Help us to live our faith with integrity so that, in our work to imitate …
St. Rose of Lima – Pray for us! – The scribes and Pharisees are damned by Jesus because they are hypocrites; they say one thing but do something else. In other words, they are living contradictions. They make religious observance a farce. They are leaders who do not lead. They convert others to corruption. They …
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time – If our only view of God is through the lens of an institutional Church with human flaws, an institution that at times disappoints, then we will walk away. But when we freely believe in a God from a desire to be consciously and intimately connected to this God, then …
