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by bcadmin | Oct 16, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, parables, Prayer, St. Luke the Evangelist | 0 |
Prayer really is that simple—not primarily a method, but a relationship—an encounter with the One who made you and loves you. St. Luke’s Gospel gives us an abbreviated form of the Our Father that we know today. The Lord gave this prayer to his disciple…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Catechism of the Catholic Church, God the Father, Jesus Christ, Lazarus, News, parables, Pharisees, prophet amos, Sermon on the Mount, st jerome, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Am 6:1a, 4-7 • Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Tm 6:11-16 • Lk 16:19-31 As we hear the various parables from the Gospel of Luke, it is good to keep two things […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | care for the poor, Featured, News, parables, parables of Christ, Scripture Speaks, wealth | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time In speaking to a large crowd gathered to hear Him, Jesus starts talking about money. How uncomfortable! Gospel (Read Lk 16:1-13) In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells a parable in which a slightly sleazy steward becomes the hero of the story. Very odd! We must place this parable in its context […]
by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2022 | Essay, Exodus, Features, Jesus Christ, merciful father, Moses, News, parables, Pharisees, prodigal son | 0 |
It is vital to grasp the twofold context in which St. Luke situates his account of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The first is the immediate context, which shows that the parable, preceded by […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 12, 2021 | Creation, Ezekiel, Frank Sheed, Jehoiachin, Jesus Christ, Nebuchadnezzar, News, parables, St. Augustine, St. Paul, St. Teresa of Jesus, The Dispatch, Theology and Sanity | 0 |
On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 9, 2021 | Gospel of Mark, Kingdom of God, Mustard seed, News, parables, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |
“This is how it is with the kingdom of God ….” So begins the two parables from the Gospel of Mark on this Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. These parables are addressed to the whole Church and all its members to give us all courage and assurance when our efforts at building up the kingdom of God on this planet seem to produce such meager results.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 26, 2020 | Featured, Gospel, Hell, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, parables, Parables About the Kingdom, Saints, Salvation, Scripture, treasure | 0 |
Two Sundays ago, we began working our way through the thirteenth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel and the seven parables that begin with the Parable of the Sower and end with the Parable of the Net. Each of these parables has a particular theme and le…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 25, 2020 | Gospel of Matthew, hidden treasure, Jesus Christ, News, parables, pearl of great price, Saint Irenaeus, The Dispatch, the dragnet | 0 |
Readings: • 1 Kngs 3:5, 7-12 • Psa 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 • Rom 8:28-30 • Mt 13:44-52 How good are you and I at recognizing something that is valuable, even priceless? That question […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 12, 2020 | conversion, Featured, good works, Gospel, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, Parable of the Sower, parables, Prayer, Sacraments, Salvation, Scripture, St. Augustine, St. John of the Cross, St. Josemaría Escrivá, St. Matthew, Sunday Scripture Reflections, Virtue | 0 |
We all know in general terms what God requires of us. He requires our love of Him and our love of others. He has given us His Church in which to gather and grow as His family. Through worship at Holy Mass and receiving Him in Holy Communion, we are str…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Incarnate Word, Isaiah, Lumen Gentium, News, parables, seed and the sower, sermon of parables, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Isa 55:10-11 • Psa 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 • Rom 8:18-23 • Matt 13:1-23 The well-known parable of the seed and the sower is the first of seven parables in Matthew 13. These […]
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