Entries by Karla Basulto

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

In the first reading, the Psalm, and the Gospel, we are reminded that God is moved by our relationship with Him. This doesn’t mean that God does what we want if we just ask long and hard enough, but rather that our prayers, presence and relationship affect God’s heart. Just as the people we love […]

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This story of Martha and Mary is not about prayer being more important than kitchen work; it’s about what happens when we are not present to where we are called. In each and every moment, we can only be in one place, and sometimes we like where we are better than other times. It is […]

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Loving God and your neighbour is not just what we believe — it is what we are asked to live. Salvation is not a gift offered to those who think all the right things, but to people whose lives reflect the truth God reveals. It isn’t enough that you know what the right thing is […]

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Too often, our ideas of abundance are informed by worldly understandings of wealth. The instructions Jesus gives to His disciples stand in contrast to any hope or expectation we have that following God means a guarantee of material excess. Jesus sends the disciples out two by two, and asks them to rely on the provision […]

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

O God, who through the grace of adoption chose us to be children of light, grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error, but always be seen to stand I the bright light of truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in […]