The Good Word

Here and unusually in all three readings we can find a common crucial focus How Jesus mdash or the Isaian servant or any of us mdash will meet and engage suffering whether it is imposed by others directly or comes more remotely from human ill-will nbsp Also of course we are challenged to th

As we come to the end of Lent Paul rsquo s soaring passage from Philippians 3 8-14 reminds us beautifully of the quot surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord quot 3 8 Paul imprisoned as he writes to the Philippians speaks of having quot suffered the loss of all things quot 3 8 s

In this continuation of Jesus in Boulder I want to look at the claim that Jesus did on occasion turn people away as Fr Breslin writes in a recent Lenten meditation Then I want to discuss whether if Jesus turned people away nbsp did he turn away their children in addition First we must dete

There are still a few biblical issues in my mind regarding the recent decision to exclude two schoolchildren from the Catholic school at the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Boulder Colorado They are as follows is it for the children rsquo s benefit to turn them away from school in order that th

The Gospel passage for the Wednesday of the Fourth week of Lent John 5 17-30 seems on first reading to be like so much of John ethereal and other-worldly It might be that as well but it is one of the most down-to-earth passages in the Gospels Some years ago the British New Testament scholar C

It was less than a month ago Ash Wednesday that I wrote on 2 Corinthians 5 20-6 2 The second reading for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2 Corinthians 5 17-21 overlaps with the Ash Wednesday passage in a substantial manner I wrote then that Paul is indeed making an official offer a guaranteed of

The Prodigal Son parable has many notable aspects to it nbsp I wish to point up two of them First the figure of the prodigal presents less than what we might hope for nbsp That is the motive for his return to his father is simply getting something good to eat regularly nbsp His motive is no

Does the Apostle Paul help us understand what rsquo s going on in Denver You might ask what rsquo s going on in Denver Two children preschoolers whose parents are lesbians are not going to be able to continue their education in the Catholic school at Sacred Heart of Jesus parish The reasons o

One looks for a glimmer of hope in this Sunday s Gospel reading nbsp The reading unfolds as a remembrance of two of Jesus threatening statements and one of his parables nbsp The threats nbsp from Jesus are the results of a certain way an audience tells Jesus about Galilean blood that Pilate ev

I am in the midst of teaching a seminar that considers among other things the perceived and often undeniable violence involved in Christian interpretation of the Hebrew Bible And I recently attended the feast of Purim at a conservative synagogue mdash quite a different experience from hearing a