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October 13: Do Justice, Love Kindness – to each enough

October 13: Do Justice, Love Kindness – to each enough

God's good gifts are for sharingThe rich man who comes to ask Jesus what he should do to inherit eternal life is a good man, sincere in his asking. Mark’s gospel is alone in saying that Jesus looked on him and loved him. Out of love, not as...

October 6:  Receive God’s Kingdom as a child

October 6: Receive God’s Kingdom as a child

Intent of God's rule is loveToday’s gospel combines a saying that makes many of us uncomfortable with a story we find comforting. Jesus’ saying on divorce is another of his rejections of human legislation in favor of the original intent of God’s...

September 22:  Selfless giving is greatness

September 22: Selfless giving is greatness

True greatness is serving allToday we hear James warn against selfish ambition, while the disciples quarrel over which one of them is the greatest. Jesus tells them the way to be great is to serve. Then, to make it concrete, he puts in front of...

September 8: Be opened, Welcome all

September 8: Be opened, Welcome all

Be opened - in body, mind, and spiritJames tells us to stop showing favoritism in the assembly, treating the rich visitor with more honor than the poor one. Jesus himself seems to show partiality in his first response to the Syrophoenician woman in...

August 18:  Jesus – The Bread of Life

August 18: Jesus – The Bread of Life

Jesus offers himself as God's WisdomWisdom prepares a feast, sets her table, and invites all to come and eat her bread and drink her wine. The first chapter of John’s gospel owes much to the biblical tradition that imagined Wisdom as existing...

 

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