What You Used to Be
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In the Gospel reading today from Luke 6, we see that Jesus spent the night in prayer. The next day, He called His disciples and told them that He had chosen Twelve, whom He also named Apostles. In the first ...
Our Work
Monday, September 6th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Happy Labor Day! I hope you are taking a day of R&R today. There are plenty of options for readings today. The link that I will provide is actually for Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time. But if ...
Contingency Plans
Sunday, September 5th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In today's Gospel reading from Luke 14, Jesus speaks about carrying your own cross and following after Him. He then goes on to compare renouncing one's possessions with building a tower or going off to battle. Interesting stories, but what ...
Scum of All
Saturday, September 4th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In today's Gospel reading from Luke 6, Jesus is called on the carpet by some Pharisees for picking grain on the sabbath. It was unlawful to "work" on the sabbath. (Of course, in our day and age this seems ridiculous. ...
Wineskins
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »In the first reading today from 1 Corinthians 4, St. Paul refers to himself (and Apollos) as "servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God." As should we regard ourselves. In the Gospel reading from Matthew 9, Jesus ...
They Followed Him
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In the first reading from 1 Corinthians 3, St. Paul speaks again of foolishness and wisdom. "If anyone among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool, so as to become wise. For the wisdom of ...
God’s Co-Workers
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Jesus was a very busy guy. We see this in today's Gospel reading from Luke 4. He heals Simon's mother-in-law, He heals all the sick in the town and casts out many demons. When He tries to get a moment ...
The Mind of Christ
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »For the first reading today, we're back in 1 Corinthians 2. St. Paul speaks much of the Spirit of God here. More in a moment. In the Gospel reading from Luke 4, we see the word "authority" twice. Jesus "spoke ...
A Demonstration
Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »Our first reading today from 1 Corinthians 2 is short, but packs a lot of punch. For the Gospel reading, we're in Luke 4. Jesus returns to Nazareth, the town where He grew up. In the synagogue, He unrolls the ...
Repaid
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In today's Gospel reading from Luke 14, Jesus goes to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. While there, He tells a parable in which He exhorts the people not to gravitate towards the places of honor ...
