Gospel Reflections for October 9 2016 A better way of saying thank you… Jesus had a different way of saying “Thank you” than we do today. You might find it could also offer a whole different view of life. The ancient word for “thanks” was “towdah,” the same word spoken in Hebrew today.  It’s just […]

Gospel Reflections for October 2 2016 St. Francis meets the Muslim Sultan This Tuesday we celebrate the life of St. Francis of Assisi, by far the most popular saint in history. People of all religions, and even no religion, celebrate this remarkable man who lived 800 years ago in Italy. Today’s Gospel affirms how one […]

Gospel Reflections for September 25 2016 Go, you are sent! These are final words at Mass, when you are sent out to the world, just as Our Lord designed. The early church spoke Latin so they would say Ite (go!) Missa est (You are sent!). Those first Christians named the entire event after the Latin […]

Gospel Reflections for September 11 2016 …there’s something wrong here! Jesus tells three terribly wrong parables in a row in this Gospel about God’s mercy and the reaction of the crowd must have been wild. Yet these three parables of the lost coins, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son are some of the most […]

Gospel Reflections for September 4 2016 Ready for school and… Each school day begins at home long before the school bell rings. There is the morning scramble to assemble all the stuff needed for the day: pencils, pens, notebooks, textbooks, and of course, that pesky homework! All of it goes into a backpack, and at […]