Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. Romans 5: 5 Today is the Feast of All Souls. As the years of life pass, the veil that separates this side of death from the other side seems…[read more]
Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat a meal. They had him under close scrutiny. Luke 14: 1 The relationship between Jesus and many of the religious leaders of his day was one marked by wariness and suspicion. Throughout Luke’s gospel, the sharing of…[read more]
For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8: 38-9 The two most…[read more]
Jesus spent the entire night in prayer to God. When it was day, he summoned his disciples. He chose from among them the Twelve, whom he also names apostles. Luke 6: 12-13 Today is the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude. Thus, we read in the gospel Luke’s version of Jesus’ choosing of the Apostles.…[read more]
To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman takes and sticks into flour; three small measures leavens the whole.” Luke 13:21 As I read this morning’s gospel, I flashed back in memory to some 54 years ago. It was late August of 1961, and I was buying…[read more]
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry “Abba, Father!” Romans 8: 14-15 In today’s gospel reading from Luke we hear of Jesus’ healing…[read more]
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep…[read more]
I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. Romans 6: 19 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great…[read more]
Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more. Luke 12: 48 In today’s gospel Luke continues Jesus’ teaching on the need to be watchful and prepared for his return. Peter then asks Jesus if this applies only to the disciples or…[read more]
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants. Luke 12:…[read more]
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