Thank you, Father, for having created us and given us to each other in the human family. Thank you for being with us in all our joys and sorrows, for your comfort in our sadness, your companionship in our loneliness. Thank you for yesterday, today, tomorrow and for the whole of our lives. Thank you […]
Too often, in families and workplaces, violence goes unchallenged. In the worst cases, people of faith advise one another to go back into violent and unsafe spaces to “keep the peace” or as part of the “sacrifice” demanded by one’s vocation. In the second reading, Paul challenges his followers to receive Jesus’ powerful flame: “For […]
How many of us wish (or even pray) that we might win the lottery, or just have a bit more money every month? While we certainly live in a world that requires money (and a lot of it), the Scriptures constantly warn us that wealth tempts us to believe we provide our own sustenance. Great […]
The idea that those who can be trusted with little will also be trusted with much can be misread as a guarantee God will r(eward His followers with material wealth. This is always a perversion of the Gospel. The readings today remind us that wealth is found in peaceful communion with our neighbours and with […]
In the first reading, Moses begs God for mercy for a broken and sinful people. In the Gospel, we hear about the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. It is easy for us to have mercy on the prodigals who have decided to return, and much harder to follow Moses in putting […]