And he said to them, “Whose image is this and whose inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Jesus said to them: “The things of Caesar give back to Caesar, and the things of God to God.” And they were amazed at him. Mark 12: 16-17 Today we hear one of the most familiar sayings of…[read more]
But those tenant farmers said to themselves: “This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.” And they seized and killed him, and threw him outside the vineyard. Mark 12: 7-8 Yesterday was Trinity Sunday. The alternate prayer for the Feast speaks beautifully of the life and love of…[read more]
Now let us praise illustrious persons, our ancestors in their successive generations. . . . While others have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them. But here is a list of generous persons whose good works have not been forgotten. Sirach 44: 1,9-10 It…[read more]
How beautiful are all his works even to the spark and fleeting vision! The universe lives and abides forever; to meet each need, each creature is preserved. All of them differ, one from another, yet none of them has he made in vain. For each in turn, as it comes, is good; can one ever…[read more]
You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them and their great ones wield authority over them. But it is not to be so among you. But whoever may wish to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever may wish to be first among you…[read more]
In my early years of religious life, it would often be said, at the time of a celebration, a special meal, or an enjoyable outing, that this particular gratification was “part of the hundredfold.”…[read more]
Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” John 21: 15 At the core of discipleship is the questions of Jesus to Simon Peter, “Do you love me more than anyone or anything else?” We know that in his betrayal Peter had demonstrated that he did not…[read more]
The glory that you have given to me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one. I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have…[read more]
Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I make myself holy that they also may be made holy in truth. John 17: 17-19 In the prayer recorded in John 17, Jesus speaks much…[read more]
But life to me is not a thing to waste words on, provided that when I finish my race I have carried out the mission the Lord Jesus gave me—and that was to bear witness to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20: 24 Now they know that everything that you have given me…[read more]
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