That’s the sense in which this arrival is, for all the menacing irony we may read into the hosannas of the fickle crowd, a victorious entry. He enters into the very depths of humanity like one taking a throne. Setting aside his comfort, safety, and eventually his life, emptying himself, he has chosen to be the king who stays with his people, no matter what they do. This is God’s glory already revealed.
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Fifth Sunday of Lent Ez 37: 12-14, Ps 130: 1-8, Rom 8:8-11, Jn 11: 1-45 With the psalmist we cry...
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The fundamental reality of sin is division. In his encyclical on hope, Pope Benedict XVI writes:...
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The space and time – the world – in which we find ourselves is a fallen one. It is in...
Read MoreSeventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 19:1-2, 17-18Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-131 Cor 3:16-23Mt 5: 38-48 We continue to make our way through Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount, what biblical scholar Raymond Brown described as...
Read MoreSixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 15:15-20 Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 1 Cor 2: 6-10 Matthew 5: 17- 37 Our readings today face us with a timely call to welcome the law of God as a life-giving gift, as the site where we...
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I am struck by the imagery of light and darkness in this Sunday’s readings. “You are the light of...
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Mal 3:1-4, Ps 24:7-10, Heb 2:14-18, Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22-32 This is a guest post by Dr. Kathy...
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In this week’s readings, there are some strange juxtapositions. In the first reading, those who...
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The doctrine of election – that is, the idea that God has chosen (elected) a particular people to...
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WIS 18:6-9 PS 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 HEB 11:1-2, 8-12 LK 12:32-48 The passages that come to us...
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Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5-6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41. In...
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