By: By Sharon Priester Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 19Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113:1-2,4-6,7-8; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 As I read Luke’s Gospel this week, I found it difficult to understand. How can a dishonest person be commended for “acting prudently”? I consulted a homily aid by Father Charles Irvin, a retired priest of […]
Continue readingBy: By Sharon Priester Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 5 Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-4,5-6,12-13,14-17; Philemon 9-10,12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Over the years, many of us have chosen to become members of a certain group or a fan/supporter of a certain person. Why did we do that? Probably we had listened and decided it was something […]
Continue readingBy: Msgr. Stuart Swetland Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 22Isaiah 66:18-21; Psalm 117:1,2; Hebrews 12:5-7,11-13; Luke 13:22-30 In today’s Collect (Opening Prayer) we pray:Father,Help us to seek the valuesThat will bring us lasting joy in this changing world.In our desire for what you promiseMake us one in mind and heart. What are these “values” […]
Continue readingBy: By Msgr. Stuart Swetland Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 8 Wisdom 18:6-9; Psalm 33:1,12,18-19,20-22; Hebrews 11:1-2,8-19; Luke 12:32-48 Are Christians “strangers and aliens?” This is the type of question that theologians hear from people who are closely studying the Bible. When I get such a question I am reminded of the old axiom […]
Continue readingBy: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 25Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138:1-2,2-3,6-7,7-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 You may have heard the story about the man who was chased off a cliff by a tiger. He fell, and just managed to hold on to a branch. Six feet above him stood the […]
Continue readingBy: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 11 Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69:14,17,30-31,33-34,36,37; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37; Luke 10:25-37 Yet again, Jesus is the great storyteller in today’s Gospel. When met by the young man who is intent on following God but knows only how to understand that call in the […]
Continue readingBy: By Sharon Perkins EDITOR’S NOTE: Father Dominic Garramone’s computer crashed earlier this week, taking with it the Scripture column he had written for this issue of The Catholic Post. To help him out, we offer the following column from Catholic News Service called “Word to Life,” which is produced in cooperation with the North […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Dominic Garramone, OSB Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 132 Samuel 12:7-10,13; Psalm 32:1-2,5,7,11; Galatians 2:16,19-21; Luke 7:36 — 8:3 Anyone who reads the letters of Paul will notice that he has a thing about justification. He writes about it constantly, and explains and defends his views repeatedly, vehemently even. But he […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Doug Grandon Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 30Proverbs 8:22-31; Psalm 8:4-5,6-7,8-9; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares that the Most Holy Trinity is a mystery “inaccessible to reason alone” (237). Thus, every attempt to explain the Trinity falls well short of the mark. Even the […]
Continue readingThe Ascension of the Lord, May 16Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47:2-3,6-7, 8-9; Ephesians 1:17-23 or Hebrews 9:24-29; 10:19-23; Luke 24:46-53 In 2009, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) had 51,736 missionaries, serving in 344 missions throughout the world. In 2009, these missionaries, most in their teens and early 20s (supported by their […]
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