All Soul Day

TIME AND ETERNITY – Feast of All Souls, Year C             What we do in time, what we experience in time, who we spend our time with, affects our eternity. The non-renewable resource of time is a gift from God. What we do with our earthly time is a gift back to God. Whatever time we have lived thus far can never be repeated. Being time conscious without being anxious makes sense. God works in time. We too need to be about the important work of building our relationship with

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

HUMBLE OR SELF RIGHTEOUS? – 30 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Have you ever wondered how the Lord sees you? Would you rather be seen by the Lord as a powerless sinner trusting in God’s mercy, or a proud self-righteous person placing faith in your own power to save yourself by being able to keep the law and do a lot of good works? Jesus’ descriptions of the two men in the temple praying can help us in our description of ourselves before the Lord.             The

PERSEVERE AND PERSIST – 29 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Success stories are often about persistence and perseverance. Many of life’s tasks, great and small, and circumstances, simple and complex, call for persistence and perseverance. To persist means to stand through some experience. To persevere means to remain with the task or circumstance as long as necessary. Some may be able to hold out for a time, but unable to stay with a task or circumstance until it

PLUG IN – 28 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             To realize God’s power in our lives, we have to put forth our response and...

LIFE’S HURRICANES – 27 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             When people are involved in great troubles, they pray intensely to...

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

MIRRORS – 26 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             When we see others, and look into their lives in some way, we see ourselves...

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ZEAL -25 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Jesus observed the zeal of people in various fields of life. He made a parable...

The Exaltation of the Cross

BLINDNESS – 24 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Personal sin is denied often in our time. Many find it hard to admit to being...

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C

GUIDING LIGHT – 23 rd  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             When people have a good knowledge of some area of human life, we do well...

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C

RIGHT REALITIES – 22 nd  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             Life at times imposes something on us, whether it be natural disasters,...

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C

THE NARROW DOOR – 21 st  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             How many are to be saved? Can Catholics be saved? Can Church of Christ...

THE JEREMIAH EXPERIENCE – 20 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C             We can draw courage and hope from the experience of Jeremiah....