You Are The Steward Of Your Life!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Last week we said the lost coin did not know it was lost; it had no feelings and no sense of its purpose. The lost sheep was more aware of its difficulties and would have cried all night if it was hurt or caught somewhere. The lost son was very conscious…
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He Is Crazy In Love With You
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The three parables we hear today go to the heart of the spiritual life. God doesn’t want you to jump through hoops to please him. It is not about earning our way into heave. God is the one who searches for us. These parables show God’s quest for us. In many…
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Pick Up Your Cross & Follow Me
Welcome brothers and sisters, We have been hearing all summer what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Last week we heard that a Christian takes the last place, not the first. And weeks beforehand we were reminded that a disciple prays to his father, his daddy, not to someone he fears, but someone…
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Keep Your Lamps Burning
Dear Friends, Last week we heard about the rich farmer who had too much and this week Jesus is addressing those who worry about having too little (Luke 12: 32-48). And one of the best ways to conquer covetousness and worry is to look for the Lord’s return. When you are living for the kingdom…
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Build Treasures In Heaven, Not On Earth
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The gospel has been spelling out recently what it means to be a Christian, a disciple of Christ. A disciple is one who when he starts to plow the field does not look back. A disciple helps the one in need, not just the one who is from his country or…
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Lord, Teach Us To Pray
Dear Friends, Last week Abraham gave three ‘angels’ hospitality when he could have had his servants do it, and it turned out to be God himself. This week God comes to see him about the situation of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is not part of the text we hear but just prior to it God…
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Only One Thing Is Necessary!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We continue to hear from the Lord what it means to be his disciple or what it means to be an adult Christian. A few things are needed to make a good meal. I don’t cook much but I know how to make a good Italian tomato sauce. You need to…
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Who Do You Stop For?
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Jesus continues this week to expound on the mission of a Christian or of a disciple (Luke 10: 25-37). It is echoed by what we hear in the first reading: The word of God is near to you, it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you can…
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Pray That We May Be One Of His Workers
Dear Friends, Luke has Jesus always heading for Jerusalem in his gospel and today we hear how the prophet Isaiah remind us that as a mother comforts her child, I will comfort you, in Jerusalem. He is speaking of Israel returning to Jerusalem after seventy years of exile but it can also mean for us…
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A Christian Has An Adventurous Heart!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Luke’s gospel is unusual in that it arranges everything in the framework of Jesus’ journey towards Jerusalem. I don’t know if you heard it but the opening sentence said something like: as the time drew near for him to be taken up, he turned towards Jerusalem (9: 51-62). Luke is not…
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