17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 11:1-13 What Jesus Taught in the Our Father When He taught the Lord’s Prayer to His disciples, Jesus showed them what the act of prayer could encompass. He wanted it to be…
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 10:38-42 True Hospitality I have heard the Mary and Martha story a million times. I know that Mary was “better” because she sat and listened rather than pull a Martha and run…
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 10:25-37 What Do You Avoid to Stay Out of the Dirt? The parable of the Good Samaritan is told to a “scholar of the law” who wants to “test” Jesus (v.25). He…
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 What Makes You Rejoice? Jesus sends out seventy-two. Look closely at that number. He doesn’t send out the twelve. He sends out seventy-two! Why seventy-two? It’s a specific number, a…
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 9:51-62 Moving Forward Rejection. We’ve all felt it. None of us like it. This gospel passage is the second time Jesus has been rejected. The first time was at the beginning of…
The Holy Spirit within Us – Pentecost Sunday, Year C
Pentecost Sunday, Year C John 20:19-23 The Holy Spirit within Us Pentecost is when the disciples finally get it. Up until Pentecost, they don’t understand that Jesus is in them, that the way to Jesus is already within them—not what…