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Saint John the Baptist and His Locust-Eating Ways
Today’s Gospel reading got me thinking about John the Baptist and his life whose feast day is today. I shared with my friend Liz that I didn’t feel comfortable with...
Espresso, Hypocrites, and Augustine
I sat blissfully alone in the local coffee shop, with a hot espresso and a fancy breakfast sandwich on the way. It’d been months since I last had a morning...
Hearing Saint Paul's Letter for Me and You
The First Reading is from a letter Saint Paul wrote to the Church in Thessalonica. (2 Thessalonians) Being a port city in Greece, I imagine that the Church there was...
Deciding to Stay or Leave
“Choose today whom you will serve,” Joshua challenges his troops in today's First Reading. (Joshua 24:15) In the Gospel, Jesus issues a similar ultimatum: "For this reason I have told...
His Throne Above Ours
I am obsessed with personality tests. You name the test and I have taken it, tormenting myself over the meticulous details of each prescribed strength and weakness. On this endeavor...
Helping the Lost Get Found
Jesus found Philip. Philip found Nathanael. Nathanael found Jesus. (John 1: 45-51) As I read today’s Gospel message in the first chapter of John, I prayerfully inserted my name: Jesus...
Who Are You Wearing?
I was the new kid in town, with three kids of my own and no clue how to do this at-home-mom thing after working full-time for so long. Unlike third...
Mother Mary, Our Queen
I love to ponder the tenderness of the relationship of mother and son. It’s a relationship I know well, because I live it daily with my own five sons. It's...
The Parable of Impossibility
Who then can be saved? It seems impossible, doesn’t it? Jesus paints a rather clear picture for His disciples, and it seems like a cruel impossibility. Obviously a camel cannot...
Radical Generosity and My Trail Mix
I once drove out of the Costco parking lot and saw a man with a sign that read “HUNGRY.” I had a $10 bag of trail mix next to me...
It’s About to Get . . . Real
In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives His followers a crash course on the doctrine of the Real Presence: “For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever...
Do Not Prevent Them
Want to know what I love about this Blessed is She sisterhood? Authenticity! I love the open dialogue when we share the triumphs and trials we face as a Church....
