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Rejection

Rejection

Both of today’s readings tell the story of rejection.  In the first reading from Genesis, Joseph is rejected by his other brothers.  His brothers “hated him” out of jealously because his father loved “Joseph best out of all his sons, for he was the child of his old...

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Trust

Trust

Today’s readings are all about trust.  Whom or what do we and should we trust?  The first reading from the prophet Jeremiah challenges us to trust not in human beings but in the Lord.  The prophet pictures those who trust in the Lord as trees, “planted beside the...

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Disturbed

Disturbed

I am a bit troubled by today’s readings. The gospel is this uncomfortable sequence in which Jesus, for the third time, has told his disciples “Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to...

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A Litany for Our Life

A Litany for Our Life

What did you take away from today’s readings? Before reading on, take a moment. Click on the link and peruse the readings for today. What are the one or two notions or ideas that stand out for you? We’ll wait… The first reading is largely a confession of sin, a lament...

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Jesus Brings All People Together

Jesus Brings All People Together

As human beings, we tend to choose division, to choose our own personal needs over the needs of others and to impose our will on everyone else. This is called the way of sin. We Catholics called that original sin. The devil produces division and separation – division...

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One Man’s Faith Shared Publicly

One Man’s Faith Shared Publicly

Today’s feast refers to Peter’s chair as the teaching chair of a professor or the presiding chair of a bishop. It is the chair of authority regarding teaching and doctrine. The importance of Peter’s teaching of faith comes from today’s Gospel. He is the first to fully...

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Sign of Jonah

Sign of Jonah

What is the sign of Jonah that Jesus mentions in today’s Gospel?  He tells the crowd: “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.  Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man...

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Power and Life

Power and Life

Today’s first reading is one of my favorite chapters of the Old Testament: Isaiah 55. It always reminds me of the parable of the Sower and the Seed from the gospels with the Word of God being sent into the world on good and poor soil alike. Starting in Isaiah 40, the...

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