One verse of today's Gospel really caught my eye: Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. (Luke 12:37a)
Perhaps my experience of insomnia and my lack of sleep was the precipitating cause for my attention to this verse. I have been having trouble sleeping lately. Consequently, part of my day finds me not wide awake, not vigilant. Be that as it may,...
I suspect that when most of us read the passage from the synoptic Gospels in which Jesus sends the disciples out to preach, we concentrate on the fact that Jesus tells them that they are to take no money, no sack, nor sandals. When I read the Gospel this morning, I was struck by the fact that he adds this admonition to the list: greet no one along the way (Luke 10:4d). At first, I wondered...
I suspect that most of us like the parts of the Gospel that take on those in authority and call them out. Today the passage from Luke's Gospel gives us a picture of Jesus criticizing the lawyers, the scribes and the Pharisees, all of them authorities with power over others.
However, as I read the Gospel this morning, I remember that the entire Gospel message is for all of us. In...
Once again we find ourselves approaching the final weeks of another liturgical year. Two things will characterize these weeks as they do every year. First, the readings for the liturgy will take on a more apocalyptic tone. Second, we will spend more time considering those who have gone before us in this journey of faith, both those who have been parts of our lives as well as those who are...