Happy Endings Are Only Temporary

1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59 / Lk 19:45-48
Today we get a happy ending to the dreadful story we’ve been hearing all week, starting with the Greeks’ brutal imposition of their culture upon the Jews, the revolt that followed, and finally… Read More

Mephistopheles Always

1 Maccabees 2:15-29 / Lk 19:41-44
The Maccabees’ saga continues in today’s reading with Mattathias and his family being offered the ultimate deal with the devil: A small sacrifice to the pagan gods in exchange for vast riches and the… Read More

He Will Bring You Back Both Breath and Life

2 Mac 7:1, 20-31 / Lk 19:11-28
Fear is one of the greatest adversaries that any of us will ever face. It steals our peace and our joy, it closes down many roads, and throws up many walls. Some form… Read More

Through You, God Can Bring Forth Good Out of Evil

2 Mac 6:18-31 / Lk 19:1-10
Out of every tragedy and every evil, God eventually brings a greater good, though sometimes that good remains hidden and invisible for a long time. Often, in the midst of suffering, it’s difficult to… Read More

Stay Connected or You’ll Lose Your Way

1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 / Lk 18:35-43
We have the beginnings of a great tragedy in today’s reading from the book of Maccabees. The Greeks had decided to impose their own language and culture on the various parts… Read More

You’re Sitting on a Gold Mine

Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 / 1 Thes 5:1-6 / Mt 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21
There’s an old legend that after God finished the creation, all the animals danced about happily, discovering the wonder things their new bodies could do —… Read More

Pay Attention, He’s Trying to Let You Know He’s Here

Wis 13:1-9 / Lk 17:26-37
A friend of mine lost his wife’s diamond ring while bringing in the evening cocktails. The two of them searched high and low, swept the floors, and crawled about on their hands and knees, but… Read More

The Spirit Is Already within You

Wis 7:22-8:1 / Lk 17:20-25
In every age there has been an ample chorus of voices proclaiming the imminent arrival of the end of the world.  The volume only gets louder at the end of a century, to say nothing… Read More

What Kind of Places Are You Making

Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran
Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 / 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17 / Jn 2:13-22
On a February morning in the year 1513, 25 cardinals gathered in Rome and elected a new… Read More

Nobody Ever Earned Grace

Wis 2:23-3:9 / Lk 17:7-10
There are some passages in the scriptures that people really don’t like, and the end of today’s gospel is one of them. For those of us who work hard to do the right thing, and… Read More

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