Posted in Lectionary, New Testament, Old Testament, baptism on June 24, 2007 | No Comments »
So many wonderful images from the readings this weekend, but I was caught up in the family celebration of my great-nephew’s baptism. I was one of the lectors and was blessed to be able to read that wonderul passage from Isaiah: “The Lord called me from birth. From my mother’s womb he gave me my [...]
Posted in Gospels, Lectionary, Social Justice, saints on June 19, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been mulling over last Sunday’s readings and putting the first reading and the Gospel together, as the lectionary intends. Nathan’s words to David remind us that although the woman’s extravagant public display of affection seems to dominate the center of the reading, Jesus’ strongest words are for Simon, who was far more concerned [...]
Posted in Bible, Lectionary, saints on June 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been playing elsewhere at St. Blog’s this week, but it is the Feast of St. Anthony today and having worked under his patronage for the last 14+ years, I can’t neglect the Scriptures for the day. Maybe it’s because I’ve been immersed in comedy lately, but both Paul’s letter to the Corinthians about the [...]
Posted in Eucharist, Gospels, Homilies on June 10, 2007 | No Comments »
For many reasons, some that I’m not even consciously aware of, I have always responded more readily to the word than the Eucharist. Perhaps the same hardwiring in my brain that made me love books, major in English and make a living writing and editing. Possibly as a lifelong Catholic, I’ve taken the Eucharist for [...]
Posted in Bible, Old Testament, Tobit on June 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Continuing from the previous post, where we began taking an imaginative look at the Book of Tobit through the eyes of his wife Anna.
Once Tobit decided that it would be better for him to die, there was no shaking him from his depression. He lectured Tobiah day and night about the need to be virtuous, [...]
Posted in Bible, Lectionary, Old Testament, Tobit on June 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Several years ago when I was studying Scripture at the Athenaeum with Fr. Tim Schehr, one of the assignments was to look at the book of Tobit through the eyes of his wife. I had a great time with it and thought that I’d share it here. It’s longer than I realized, so I’ll [...]
Posted in Bible, Lectionary, Old Testament, Prophets, Social Justice, Tobit on June 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Today in the weekday lectionary cycle we begin the book of Tobit, one of my favorite books in the Catholic Old Testament. As I was reading through today’s selection, one of the things that I noticed was that the opening scene takes place on the Jewish feast of Shavuot or Weeks. Shavuot was a harvest [...]
Posted in Lectionary, Trinity, Wisdom writings on June 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The lectionary has a way of surprising me when I least expect it. After the deliciously concrete and down-to-earth readings this past week, as we ease into summer Ordinary Time, I admit I wasn’t especially looking forward to tackling the Solemnity of the Trinity. The doctrine so often gets lost in heady discussions around technical [...]
Posted in Gospels, Homilies, Jesus, Lectionary on June 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
How often have you said, “I don’t know” when what you really mean is, “I don’t want to say” or “I’m afraid to admit it”? We deny the truth to others, perhaps even to ourselves, and in doing so we lose a little bit of the authority that comes to us through the virtues of [...]
Posted in Gospels, Homilies, Jesus, Lectionary on June 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Have you ever had one of those days? A day when nothing seems to go right and you’re feeling increasingly out of sorts? All too often we take out our frustration on someone or something that just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. You yell at the kids, or the [...]
