December 1, 2024, The First Sunday of Advent: What are the readings trying to communicate as this season of hope begins? “There will be signs,” is all that Jesus says.
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War and peace: Only one is true
November 24, 2024, The Solemnity of Christ the King: It matters that we come to recognize the conflict and discover hope in a truth that triumphs over drives for competition and needs to dominate.
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Moonlight and other sources of cosmic weight
November 17, 2024, the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: In this Sunday’s Gospel, the dimming of cosmic lights provides an opportunity to read the signs of the times.
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The power of sustained attention
November 10, 2024, the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: An easy way to place oneself into the Gospel this Sunday is to go outside near a public area without your smartphone for a solid ten minutes.
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What is God’s intention?
November 3, 2024, the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus reveals God’s heart and purpose, which is to love us. It takes a lifetime to learn how to flesh out one’s response to this love with all of one’s heart, soul and strength.
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Just keep walking: The pilgrimage of Christ
October 27, 2024, the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings highlight the “throng” guided by the hand of the Lord. It turns out that the most vulnerable are ready for the journey. Who, however, will lead them? Who will walk with them?
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Suffering and God: Make it make sense
October 20, 2024, the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Making sense of violence is precisely where the reflection for the readings on this Sunday begins.
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Nothing matters beyond the capacity to grow into love
October 13, 2024, the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: A common theme in Scripture is the promise that all things will eventually come to light. What is misunderstood today will be revealed with time.
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Marriage and divorce: There is something bigger than both
October 6, 2024, the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Somewhere in the background of today’s passages hides the sacramental analogy that refers to the church as bride and Christ as her groom.
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The boundaries of the spirit and the limits of our imagination
September 29, 2024, the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: If good is being done in faith, then this becomes the critical measure to celebrate God’s power at work within the community of believers.