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Preparing for His Second Coming

Readings for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, after Jesus tells His disciples a parable about prayer, He asks one of the most haunting questions ever to leave His lips.  What was it? Gospel (Read Lk 18:1-8) As Jesus continued His journey toward Jerusalem and the fulfillment of His earthly mission, St. Luke tells us […]

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Your Faith Has Saved You

Readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, we meet a Samaritan leper—an outsider among outsiders.  What can he teach us? Gospel (Read Lk 17:11-19) St. Luke tells us that as Jesus continued “His journey to Jerusalem, He traveled through Samaria and Galilee.”  He was apparently well-known in this region, because “as He was entering a […]

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Praise the Lord, Who Lifts Up the Poor

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 […]

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The Parable of the Unjust Steward and a Disposition of Humility

The Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16, 1-13) presents us with some rather unedifying characters. In summary, the parable is about a rich man calling upon his steward to release him for mismanagement. Since a steward is someone who manages another’s resources, this is a very serious accusation, even if it is not necessarily […]

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Return on Investment

Michael Pakaluk: We think of the word “talent” as meaning an inborn gift, endowment, skill, or propensity. In the Bible, it means much more.

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