October 24th, 2010
We’ve just listened to another great parable of Jesus. We can just imagine these two men approaching the temple. We can wonder what was it that brought them to this house of God, this house of prayer. We can just hear the Pharisee singing his own praises. He was a faithful Jew. He kept the law and was faithfully observant; he fasted on the days commanded, he supported the temple financially with his tithing. He felt good about himself. He was sure God was pleased with his way of life. He topped off his litany of self praise by thanking God he was not like other people, people he listed as thieves, rouges and adulterers. He was especially grateful he had nothing in common with that tax collector hanging around the back of the temple.
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This week in the bulletin: Holocaust Education Week, and coffee after weekend masses.
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October 17th, 2010
Jesus tells this parable to encourage all those who have lost heart and are tempted to give up on praying. We can remember his promise: for everyone who knocks the door will be open, everyone who searches will find, everyone who asks will be answered. We remember the promise but we wonder if it was meant for us. We can remember knocking til our knuckles were bare, asking til we were hoarse, we remember searching in vain and we wonder what’s going on here. Today’s gospel encourages us not to give up. If an unfeeling, unjust judge will give way to the unrelenting demands of a widow, a non person, how much more will God listen to the prayers of those he has embraced as his cherished sons and daughters.
October 10th, 2010
God has given us the earth to be our homeland. Along with this gift, we are asked to show our thankfulness by caring for the earth and by sharing our own gifts with one another.
October 9th, 2010
The obvious lesson from today’s scripture is the importance of showing gratitude. Naaman wants to shower Elisha with gifts and the Samaritan returns praising God for God’s kindness. He bows to the ground and thanks Jesus from the bottom of his heart. We are a blessed people and as I’ve said so many times we must try to develop an attitude of gratitude for all the blessings with which we have been blessed.
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