October 24, 2017 Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 474 ROM 5:12, 15B, 17-19, 20B-21 PS 40:7-8A, 8B-9, 10, 17 LK 21:36 LK 12:35-38 We are never guaranteed tomorrow. When we lose someone we love this comes to us in an abrupt way, almost a slap inContinue Reading
October 8, 2017 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 139 IS 5:1-7 PS 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 PHIL 4:6-9 MT 21:33-43 After we left the hospital in Chicago Friday, Julie and I walked for about an hour back to Union Station to catch a train back to Elgin. TheContinue Reading
The last few months at our Parish have been marked by some difficult transitions and changes. The diocese has required that all volunteers take a program called “Protecting God’s Children” before continuing and for many this was the “last straw.” Then I hear others complaining about the burden that hasContinue Reading
August 30, 2017 Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 427 1 THES 2:9-13 PS 139:7-8, 9-10, 11-12AB MT 23:27-32 Print your free ticket now! A friend I know was given one of those automatic coffee makers that take a little cup and turns it into a steamingContinue Reading
August 29, 2017 Memorial Of The Passion Of Saint John The Baptist Lectionary: 426/634 1 THES 2:1-8 PS 139:1-3, 4-6 MK 6:17-29 One of the things I hear the most in every circle these days is “don’t judge.” Frequently the justification is God is my judge and somehow sinContinue Reading
August 28, 2017 Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 425 1 THES 1:1-5, 8B-10 PS 149:1B-2, 3-4, 5-6A AND 9B MT 23:13-22 St Augustine lived a very rough life. He did everything that one can think of, including having a child out of wedlock. Eventually,Continue Reading
August 27, 2017 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 121 IS 22:19-23 PS 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 ROM 11:33-36 MT 16:13-20 ty·pol·o·gytīˈpäləjē/noun – the study and interpretation of types and symbols, originally especially in the Bible. If you want to understand Catholics, and for that matter most of the earliestContinue Reading