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TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME A MISSIONARY COMMUNITY Introduction If God lives in the community of his faithful, this community is by itself missionary, for it reveals the face of God; by its witnessing, it attracts others. The prophet Elijah did not find God in the storm wind or the earthquake or the fire, […]
September 27, Monday TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Today’s chapter of Zechariah is a later addition by his disciples. It pictures the restoration of a remnant, with faithful people, young and old, in the streets of Jerusalem, and God living among them. Childlike, but not childish… We are God’s children, yet not infants. […]
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Reflection : Luke 9:46-50 Today’s Gospel speaks of some on-the-job training for the disciples of Jesus. Jesus identifies two attitudes of the mind and heart – jealousy and envy – that are obstacles to true discipleship. The disciples are going through their schooling during their three years with Jesus. “An argument arose among the disciples […]
TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LIKE CHILDREN Introduction Today’s chapter of Zechariah is a later addition by his disciples. It pictures the restoration of a remnant, with faithful people, young and old, in the streets of Jerusalem, and God living among them. Childlike, but not childish… We are God’s children, yet not infants. We […]
September 26, Sunday Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time How easily we mistrust those who are different from us, of other races, peoples, political ideas or religions…. We label them and judge them without taking into account who they are, their stories, the good they do… But here comes Jesus, whose heart beats for all, and […]
Sep
Reflection: Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 The disciples of Jesus are confronted by a huge confusion: How can someone who does not follow us, who does not belong to our group, perform the same wonders or even greater ones that were copyrighted to us? If someone successfully occupies the field where we are called to carry […]
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time No Monopoly on the Spirit Many Gifts, One Spirit Greeting (See 1 Cor 12:4-7) There is a variety of gifts, but they come from the same Spirit, all sorts of service, but to the same Lord, many forms of work, but all of them, in all people, […]
September 25, Saturday TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The prophet Zechariah gives us today a vision of joy, hope and universalism. The rebuilding of the Temple and of Jerusalem after the exile assures that God lives in the midst of his people and that many nations will find God there, among his people. They must […]
Sep
Reflection: Luke 9: 43-45 “The Son of Man will be handed over to men.” Last Sunday we have reflected on this verse, of course from the narration of St. Mark. Father Armellini had given a beautiful explanation for this. Jesus says he will be handed over to men. Who will hand him over? Who could […]