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Many Paths, Lived with Purpose
Celebrating the many ways people are called to live each day with faith, love and purpose.
Scripture: Galatians 5:1-6Luke 11:37-41 Reflection: One reason the requirements of the kingdom can be challenging is the necessity for us to remove our pharisaic mask. That mask is the person we pretend to be – the false outer personality that…
Scripture: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 – 5:1Luke 11:29-32 Reflection: Have you heard the concept of “putting a fleece before the Lord?” It appears in the book of Judges, when Gideon demanded undeniable proof of God’s will and God’s intention to…
Scripture: 2 Kings 5:14-172 Timothy 2:8-13Luke 17:11-19 Reflection: Dazzling Gifts A woman shared with me the reason for her divorce. On her birthday (and other occasions) she discovered her husband was sending his secretary to shop and buy his gifts…
Scripture: Galatians 3:22-29 Luke 11:27-28 Reflection: We are Blessed Because of Our Faith As a child I always thought that being connected with the church makes you holy and justified to be a child of God. Go to church on…
Scripture: Galatians 3:7-14Luke 11:15-26 Reflection: Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid wasteand house will fall against house. -Luke 11:17 I don’t know what possessed me, other than the fact that I was 12 years old, to join the…
Scripture: Galatians 3: 1-5Luke 11: 5-13 Reflection: I cringe when I hear a bad homily. Recently the celebrant preached on being persistent in prayer. Using a real-life example of someone pleading with God for a cure of a brother’s terminal…
Scripture: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14Luke 11:1-4 Reflection: Watching contemporary news and sports it is becoming more common for TV commentators to respond to stories of loss or tragedy by saying, “Our thoughts and prayers are with you.” It appears the pendulum…
Scripture: Galatians 1:13-24Luke 10:38-42 Reflection: Faith Coming Alive Quite a familiar picture in today’s Gospel: St. Luke’s account of Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary. Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet listening; Martha active in her duties as “hostess”…
Scripture: Galatians 1:6-12Luke 10:25-37 Reflection: Today we encounter one of the best known of Jesus’ parables – that of the Good Samaritan – a parable that Pope Francis suggests should be the model for the church in action in the…
Scripture: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-42 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14Luke 17:5-10 Reflection: The more we love the world, the more some conditions in our world can be disheartening and depressing. We might begin to doubt our faith, and ask where is God in…