The 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The greatest and the first commandment is “love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”
What does it look like to fulfill that commandment? I think for many of us the image that comes to mind is the story of some of the great saints, especially the martyrs who literally gave their life because of the faith and their love of Christ. Or maybe a heroic figure from our own time. I often think of
The 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“[R]epay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” If the coin that pays the census tax belongs to Caesar because it bears his image, then what belongs to God because it bears His image?
The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is you heart silent?
The are many types of silence in the world. Parents, you know this well – there’s quiet, and then there’s suspiciously too quiet. Some forms of silence are very good. In our liturgy, for example:
The 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
It’s pretty obvious that Jesus had the first reading from Isaiah in mind when he began his parable. The first reading was about a landowner with a vineyard. He spaded it, cleared it of stones, built a watchtower and a wine press, and very importantly he planted only the choicest of vines. He cares for his vineyard very well. And yet what does he get from the vineyard come harvest?
