25th Sunday of Ordinary Time – An Upside-Down Version of Great
Mark 9:30-37 | 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B An Upside-Down Version of Great Kids don’t always listen. They don’t always do as they’re told. They ask lots of questions and don’t accept much of anything as a given….
24th Sunday of Ordinary Time – The God Who Cannot Be Manipulated
Mark 8:27-35 | 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B The God Who Cannot Be Manipulated As I read this gospel passage, I reflected on the similarities poor Peter has with all of us. Initially, Peter got it just right—he…
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – A Personal Invitation
Mark 7:31-37 | 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B A Personal Invitation Even Jesus got distracted! His primary mission was to teach, but suffering people filled Jesus with compassion, and that’s when He performed miracles. People in 1 AD,…
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – The Law as a Weapon of Exclusion
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 | 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B The Law as a Weapon of Exclusion Our family thrives on tradition. This past December, my children listed all of the traditions our family has observed during the…
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time – Looking for Jesus
John 6:60-69 | 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Looking for Jesus By the end of chapter 6 of John, the number of Jesus’s followers has dwindled. At the beginning of the chapter, He miraculously fed 5,000 (which was…
Assumption of the Blessed Mother – Ordinarily Hard at Work
Luke 1:39-56 | Assumption of the Blessed Mother, Year B Ordinarily Hard at Work Life often seems to be ordinary, but beneath the surface, God is hard at work. The change that’s coming is already there, but we just don’t…