Living in Love with God

Sunday’s Readings Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)Theme: Love God, Love Neighbor The readings for this 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time offer us a message that is both beautifully simple and deeply challenging: Love God, and love your neighbor. Jesus tells us that these two commandments are the heart of the law, and… Continue reading

Today’s Readings The readings for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C) remind us of the heart of our faith: Love God and love your neighbor. Loving God is more than following rules—it’s a relationship. Deuteronomy calls us to return to the Lord with our whole heart. God is already near, speaking within us.… Continue reading

Today’s Readings The Gospel verses for the Memorial of St. Benedict follow Jesus’ interaction with the Rich Young Man in Matthew’s Gospel. We can look upon today’s verses as ‘part two’ of that story. The young man asked Jesus what he needed to do to attain eternal life and brags that he has kept the… Continue reading

Today’s Readings In sending out the disciples on mission in today’s Gospel, Jesus states “Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick.” (Mt. 10:9-10abcd) There are two lessons we can take from this instruction. First, we must not… Continue reading

Today’s Readings The Gospel continues today with the theme of being sent.  Today, Jesus sends the Twelve Apostles out to proclaim the Gospel and to heal people.  We, as disciples of Jesus Christ, are also sent by the Lord. However, many are uncomfortable with that idea.  We are aware of what we don’t know, of our weaknesses in… Continue reading

Today’s Readings In the Gospel we hear Jesus engaged in His mission: calling people back to the Lord and offering them healing. The healing comes after the teaching and proclamation.  When people hear the Word of God, they recognize their woundedness and their need for the Lord’s forgiveness and healing.  Often in the Gospels when the Lord… Continue reading

Today’s Readings saints Jerome, Chrysostom, and Augustine are critical of the scribe in today’s Gospel, observing that his desire to follow Jesus is more of a desire to separate himself from the crowd. In addition, while Jesus’ response to the second man may seem harsh, commentators point out that it is likely that the man’s… Continue reading

Today’s Readings Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, a celebration of the Lord’s great mercy for all of us. St. Paul writes, “God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8).  Jesus teaches that “there will be more joy in heaven… Continue reading

Today’s Readings In the book of Genesis Abram faces quite several challenges, including from the Lord.  God’s plan for Abram seems to be at best quite difficult, if not impossible.  Despite the challenges, the Lord invites Abram to trust in Him. We are told that “Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him… Continue reading