October 8, 2023, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: How will the church care for its vineyard and produce unspoiled fruit? The events of the Synod on Synodality taking place in Rome are a good place to start.
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Human weakness can be a source of divine strength.
October 1, 2023, Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings insist that vulnerability is necessary for unity with God.
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In God’s kingdom forgiveness is given, not earned
September 24, 2023, Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Matthew complicates the idea of fairness in the workplace and in the kingdom of heaven.
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The pedagogy of forgiveness
September 17, 2023, Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our readings this Sunday help us to pray about our own scale of forgiveness. We are asked to move past our limitations and these poetic lines help us to memorize the lesson.
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Communal Discipline: The Public Voice of the Church
September 10, 2023, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings highlight the role of the church’s public voice as it speaks to maintain internal cohesion.
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The Initial ‘Stumblings’ of Discipleship
September 3, 2023, Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: In Scripture, a vocation to serve God is rarely a smooth path forward. Today’s readings reflect the frustrations that sometimes come with answering God’s call.
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Will the Servants of the Lord Please Stand Up?
August 27, 2023, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings reflect on the need for genuine “servants of the Lord” in positions of authority, and they warn inadequate leaders that their time will be short.
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In Scripture, God’s mercy gravitates toward the outlier
August 20, 2023, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings highlight the tension between inclusivity and exclusivity, but the readings also trend in one hopeful direction upon closer inspection.
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Finding God’s presence within silence or storm
August 13, 2023, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sunday’s readings highlight two servants of the Lord from different eras. One runs away from his ministry as prophet, while the other sinks before his own identity. But when each one calls for help God listens.
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Touch as Transfiguration
August 6, 2023, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord: The power of this scene is not the vision of Jesus transfigured, but the healing touch Jesus offers to his beloved disciples.