It is a moment of ordinary routine that we hear Jesus’ great proclamation of good news in today’s Gospel. He is attending the synagouge on the sabbath, “as He usually did.†As He looks out at that familiar community, He knows the message that must be proclaimed: a prophetic message, of liberty to prisoners and […]
III Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– January 27, 2013 Read More »
The changing of water into wine, the beginning of the hour teaches us about sacrifice. Those marriages that seek the Lord as their center are seeking to love as He loved, to love with a sacrificial love. The husband must put his wife before himself. The wife must put he husband before herself. The needs
II Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– January 20, 2013 Read More »
This feast of Christ’s baptism is a good opportunity to reflect on our own baptism. Do we sometimes behave as though we have remained with Jesus in the manger, allowing our faith to remain childish? Or have we let it grow into an adult, which is ready to make a deeper commitment as Jesus did
Baptism of our Lord – “C†– January 13, 2013 Read More »
In a sense, the Epiphany might be called the “big reveal†of the Christmas story. Isaiah and psalmist looks forward to the day when the glory of the Lord will shine over God’s people, so that foreign nations will be drawn to the light of Israel’s God, and Israel’s exiles will be carried home. The
Epiphany of our Lord – “C†– January 6, 2013 Read More »