Eph 2:19-22 / Jn 20:24-29
More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln made the famous observation, “You can fool all of the people sometimes, and some of the people all the time, but you can never fool all the people all…
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Posted on 03 July 2009
Eph 2:19-22 / Jn 20:24-29
More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln made the famous observation, “You can fool all of the people sometimes, and some of the people all the time, but you can never fool all the people all…
Posted on 02 July 2009
Gn 22:1-19 / Mt 9:1-8
More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln made the famous observation, “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can never fool all…
Posted on 01 July 2009
Gn 21:5, 8-20 / Mt:8:28-34
In every generation, one of the most popular children’s games is Hide-And-Go-Seek. And one of the more rotten things that children sometimes do in this game is to send their playmate off to hide and then…
Posted on 30 June 2009
Gn 19, 15-29 / Mt 8:23-27
Fear is the real Public Enemy Number One. It’s what lurks behind every one of our sins. Greed starts with the fear that I won’t have enough. Anger is rooted in the fear of losing…
Posted on 29 June 2009
Acts 12:1-11 / 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18 / Mt 16:13-19
A salesman rang the doorbell at a rather fine suburban home, and the door was answered by a nine-year-old boy who was puffing on a long black cigar! Hiding his amazement, the…
Posted on 25 June 2009
Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 / Mt 7:21-29
A great deal of cynicism has arisen in our country about politicians, car dealers, advertising executives and the like. The common bond between them, at least according to common perception, is that their talk is…
Posted on 24 June 2009
Is 49:1-6 / Acts 13:22-26 / Lk 1:57-66
A jetliner was roaring down the runway when, just before takeoff, the pilot reversed engines, slammed on the brakes, and taxied back to the gate. Then it just sat there for a more…
Posted on 22 June 2009
Gn 12:1-9 / Mt 7:1-5
Not so long ago, I found myself trapped in a long, unavoidable, and thoroughly inconsequential meeting, and the refrain of an old song began running through my mind: “Yakety yak, yakety yak”!
For most of our waking…
Posted on 18 June 2009
2 Cor 11:1-11 / Mt 6:7-15
Our ways of praying reveal so much about what we really think about God. As Jesus says in today’s gospel, many of us multiply words in prayer, as if we had to persuade God to…
Posted on 17 June 2009
2 Cor 9:6-11 / Mt 6:1-6,16-18
There’s an old story about a man who prayed daily that he’d win the lottery. His prayers spanned many years, but never once did he win even a single dollar. Eventually, he got angry and…