The Gospel challenges the idea that God sends suffering to test or challenge or strengthen us and insists that God desires only good for us. We do not have to badger God or bargain with God to give us good things.
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Bigger Barns
The Gospel today shows us in parable form what the “greed that is idolatry” looks like.
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The Kindness of Strangers
Sometimes we need to be helped out of our rationalizations for not doing what our listening heart prompts us to do.
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Coming to Believe
In his final remarks to his disciples on the Sunday after Easter, the risen Jesus differentiates between how Thomas came to believe (because you have seen me) and a more ordinary yet even superior way (Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed).
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A Community in Suffering
During Holy Week we focus on the sufferings of Jesus—not only the physical sufferings that led to his death on the cross but also the misunderstanding and treachery displayed toward him by many who had been close to him.
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Blindness and Sight
The blind man’s progress in spiritual sight reminds us that we need God’s grace and revelation to move toward sharper spiritual vision.
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The First and Second Adam
The Scripture readings for the Sundays of Lent are extraordinarily rich.