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October 2, 2011: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Your life is not your own; being a good tenant means giving up ownership to God. Respect Life Sunday, October 2, 2011 Home ownership the cornerstone of the American Dream, isn’t it? Yup, that’s the goal. Ownership means self-sufficiency and independence, two of the qualities we Americans value most. . . . → Read More: The Illusion of Ownership and the Slavery of Sin  2 comments  Mass Forward, Schmidt, Joel  abortion, American Dream, Choice, Consequences, Control, Culture of Life, Despair, dignity, Faith, Fantasy, Forrest Gump, Fr. John Riccardo, freedom, Human Person, Humility, Illusion, Independence, Isaiah, Israel, justice, love, Matthew, Mission, My Body My Choice, Owner, Ownership, Parable of the Tenants, Paul, Peace, Philippians, Politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Pro-Life, Psalm 80, Repent, Respect, Respect Life Sunday, sin, Slavery, St. Gregory of Nyssa, Tenant, The Vineyard Song, Transformative Nature of the Good September 25, 2011: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time To whom do you bow down? Most of us live in a world of extraordinary luxury. We can have pretty much whatever we want whenever we want it. We have multiple fast food options at any hour. Satellite TV with DVR and on-demand movies is almost standard. . . . → Read More: Putting on the Mind of Christ Leave a comment Mass Forward, Schmidt, Joel Babylon, Bow Down, Compassion, Deserve, Divine, Entitlement, Examination of Conscience, Exile, Ezekiel, God, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, King, Lord, love, Matthew, Parable of the Two Sons, Passion, patience, Paul, Pharisees, Philippians, Psalm 25, salvation, Self-Emptying, Selfishness, Submit, Victim, Yahweh September 11, 2011: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Have you ever held a grudge? C’mon, who among us hasn’t? When we have been wronged, our first instinct is usually to get angry. Our second instinct then is to hold onto our anger, because we somehow feel justified in doing so. Forgiveness comes later, much later if . . . → Read More: Holding Back and Hurting Ourselves Leave a comment Mass Forward, Schmidt, Joel Account, Anger, Blessed John Paul the Great, Communion, Compassion, Debt, Ego, forgiveness, Grudge, Healing, Judgment, justice, Kindness, love, Martyr, Matthew, mercy, Our Father, Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Paul, Peter, Proverbs, Psalm 103, Reconciliation, Resentment, Revenge, Romans, sacrament, sin, Sirach, Trespass, Wisdom August 28, 2011: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The juxtaposition of this week’s readings against last week’s readings is hard to ignore. Last week, Peter was “all in” when Jesus commanded him to build a Church, essentially to marshal a spiritual army of disciples and storm the gates of the sinful world with the power . . . → Read More: Spiritual Sticker Shock One comment Mass Forward, Schmidt, Joel Catholic Lane, Courage, Devil, Discipleship, Evangelization, Faith, Follow Me, forgiveness, Gary Zimak, Gift, grace, Great Deceiver, Heaven, Jeremiah, Jesus, love, Matthew, Offer It Up, Passion, Persevere, Prophecy, Psalms, Punsihment, Redemptive Suffering, Rock, Romans, Satan, Scripture, St. Paul, St. Peter, suffering, Thessalonians, Will, witness August 21, 2011: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time This week’s Old Testament readings are filled with contrasting images of leaders, often depicted in battle, in action. Those whose faith is in God are exalted and do great things in His name; those whose faith is in themselves are humbled. Statue of St. Peter holding . . . → Read More: It’s a War out There  Leave a comment Mass Forward, Schmidt, Joel Abimelech, Caesarea Philippi, Church Militant, Ecclesia Militans, Eliakim, Faith, Gentiles, Gideon, God, grace, Incarnation, Isaiah, Israel, Jephthah, Jesus, Jews, Judges, Kingdom, Lord, Lumen Gentium, mercy, Psalm 138, Rock, Romans, salvation, Shebna, St. Paul, St. Peter, Wisdom |
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