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BEING GOOD–UNCONDITIONALLY

Post author By [email protected]
Post date March 23, 2019
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This reflection on Luke 13:1-9 is for the Third Sunday of Lent.

I almost did a double take reading today’s Gospel. You see, something doesn’t quite add up–at least on first reading. And I’m not talking about the parable of the fig tree–that one is pretty clear, its meaning self-evident and its message quite consoling. Put simply: If we don’t get our act together, we will perish. But God is the gardener who gives us an undeserved second chance and a much-welcomed reprieve.

Neat, simple, and reassuring enough for us to get back to business as usual, right? The problem, however, is what comes before that. What our Lord says before the parable is not quite as neat and simple–and certainly not as consoling!

Tags Luke 13:1-9

HOMILIES

A DOSE OF ASTONISHMENT

This homily is based on Luke 9:28-36 for the Second Sunday of Lent.

It’s not every day during his earthly life that you see our Lord bathed in heavenly light. In fact, such displays of divinity are quite few and far between. Unless my memory fails me, this so-called Transfiguration of the Lord is probably the only recorded one aside from the Resurrection appearances and the Ascension–which don’t really count because that’s already the Risen Lord we’re dealing with.

Tags 17-18, Genesis 15:5-12, Luke 9:28-36, Transfiguration

HOMILIES

HOW TO BEGIN LOVING YOUR ENEMIES

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Post date February 23, 2019
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This One-Minute Sunday Gospel Reflection is based on Luke 6:27-38.

1-MIN HOMILY HOMILIES

HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE?

Post author By [email protected]
Post date February 17, 2019
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Here’s this Sunday’s edition of PAUSE-PONDER-PRAY. This one-minute Sunday Gospel Reflection is prompted by Luke 6:17, 20-26.

HOMILIES PERSONAL THOUGHTS

BURNOUT

This reflection has been prompted by Luke 5:1-11.

I suspect very few people knew it then, but in the last two years that I was running a school, I was also running on empty. For several reasons, I found myself precariously on the brink of a burnout. I had worked too hard and cared too little for my well-being–a dangerous but all too common formula for self-endangerment.