The prayer that we breathe
Readings: • Ex 17:8-13 • Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 • Lk 18:1-8 How long can any of us live without air? A few minutes at best? How long can we […]
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by bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | Exodus, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Moses, News, Prayer, St. Paul, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Ex 17:8-13 • Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 • Lk 18:1-8 How long can any of us live without air? A few minutes at best? How long can we […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | dishonest steward, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, News, parable, prudence, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Am 8:4-7 • Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 • 1 Tm 2:1-8 • Lk 16:1-13 How difficult is the parable of the dishonest steward, heard in today’s Gospel reading? “Of all of Jesus’ parables,” […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Love, Luke Timothy Johnson, News, Saint Peter, Satan, sin, The Dispatch, Truth | 0 |
Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I once read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Gospel of Luke, James Houston, Jesus Christ, Luke Timothy Johnson, News, Pharisees, Saint Paul, Sirach, The Dispatch, wisdom | 0 |
Readings: • Sir. 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 • Psa. 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 • Heb. 12:18-19, 22-24a • Lk. 14:1, 7-14 “Humility,” the Evangelical theologian James Houston once wrote, “is moral realism.” That simple definition stuck with […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2022 | ad gentes, Gospel of Luke, Isaiah, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, News, St. Cyril of Alexandra, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Is 66:18-21 • Ps 117:1, 2 • Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 • Lk 13:22-30 Over the past few weeks we have heard, in the readings from the Gospel according to St. Luke, about Jesus […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 9, 2022 | Deuteronomy, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, News, Saint Paul, St. John Chrysostom, The Dispatch, The Law | 0 |
Readings: • Deut 30:10-14 • Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 • Col 1:15-20 • Lk 10:25-37 “The heart,” wrote St. John Chrysostom, “is the most noble of all the members of our body.” […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2022 | Acts of the Apostles, Ascension, Gospel of Luke, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, News, Resurrection, St Leo the Great, St. Augustine, The Dispatch | 0 |
“You ascended into glory, O Christ our God, and You delighted the disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit. Through this blessing, they were assured that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 12, 2022 | Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Moses, N.T. Wright, News, The Dispatch, The Sermon on the Mount | 0 |
Readings: • Jer 17:5-8 • Psa 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 • 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 • Lk 6:17, 20-26 “Context,” I have read, “is king.” While such a saying should itself be read and […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 25, 2021 | Blessed Virgin Mary, Gospel of Luke, Holy Family, Jesus Christ, News, Ronald Knox, Saint Joseph, Temple, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 • Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 • Col 3:12-21 or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24 • Lk 2:41-52 Being lost isn’t always […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 5, 2021 | Easter, Emmaus, Eucharist, Gospel of Luke, Holy Communion, Jesus Christ, News, Resurrection, Saint Luke, The Dispatch | 0 |
Note: The following homily was preached at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City on Easter Monday, April 5, 2021. “The mystery of faith,” the priest proclaims. Notice that he does not […]
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