In today’s reading, the entire community is given authority to hold its members to account and rectify wrongful acts.
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What the Gospel can teach us about asking for help
This problematic parable teaches the importance of mercy, asking for help and granting relief to those in need.
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The Gospel of Matthew reminds us that just wages are a pro-life issue
The parable reminds us that just labor practices are a pro-life issue that should be considered as we discern our election choices.
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Transformation is possible when you’re open to the Gospel message
Actions reveal character and intention more than words do.
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We need to rethink what it means to be ‘chosen by God’
In our baptism, each of us has been chosen. So many others in this world have not. We must constantly ask ourselves: Why?
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What does it mean when we say the Assumption of Mary is a miracle?
We use the words “mystery” and “miracle” not to say that science has been stumped but rather to express the expansive claim that an event makes upon us.
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What is faith? The Canaanite woman shows us the answer.
“It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs,” Jesus told her. Yet she is not repelled by his parable. She engages it.
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Storms and the cross remind us: We are not in control
Like Peter, we might envy the one who walks on water, thinking that more control of our lives is all that we need.
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Can you be human without the world?
We like to fancy ourselves as free from an enveloping world.
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What does a wedding dress say about our faith?
Part of growing up is realizing that someone is waiting for us, that someday someone is going to ask us to share life with him or her. All of that is sewn into the dreamed-of dress.