This Sunday we celebrate the Third Sunday of Lent, and we reflect on our nothingness. Saint Thomas Merton says that we must love and embrace our nothingness to the honor and glory of God. Jesus hints at this principle when he cleared out the temple. You see, just like the moneychangers of old, we far … Read more
Job gets right to the point this Sunday. Life sucks! He sounds very much like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. “Oh, woe is me. Life is just a drudgery.” I feel that way sometimes myself. Life can be a difficult path to walk. Add to that the people who are intent on making life more … Read more
This Sunday we have a chance to read the great Christ Hymn out of Philippians. It is an amazing hymn written early in Paul’s Christian walk before the time when he started to be influenced to turn back toward a more Christian/Jewish mesh of faith. Part of what is amazing about this passage, Philippians 2:1-11, … Read more
This Sunday we hear the story of the landowner who hired people to work in his vineyard throughout the day. At the end of the day, he paid each worker the same wage regardless of whether they worked all day or only two hours. Those that worked all day became angry because they expected to … Read more
In this weekend’s readings, we have Jesus telling us how to resolve conflict in the church. It is not easy when people who claim to follow the Prince of Peace end up fighting with one another. Sometimes that conflict comes from people straying from the great commandments that Jesus gave us. And sometimes this conflict … Read more
I sound like a broken record most of the time. I preach about what our calling as Christians is and for many of you, it is a message that you are tired of hearing. But like the prophet Jeremiah in this Sunday’s first reading, I cannot be silent for the message burns in my soul. … Read more
This Sunday’s readings have Jesus calling a woman asking for his help a dog. This seems so out of character for Jesus that many people choose to ignore the story altogether. But there is a good explanation for the entire exchange between Jesus, his disciples and the woman. Jesus’ conversation with his disciples show that … Read more
This Sunday is Palm Sunday. We take time at Mass to wander the streets of Jerusalem (and Augusta) with Jesus and see all the brokenness around him. While Jesus was being hailed as the King of the Jews, He recognized that those same people would eventually yell, “Crucify Him!” Even his own disciples, our forefathers … Read more