Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! A prominent feature in this second portion of Isaiah’s book is the introduction of the suffering servant. This figure is to bring welcome relief from all the prideful figures who dominated [...]
5th Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! In spite of Isaiah’s tireless efforts to steer kings and people in the right direction, they chose to invest in earthly forms of security rather than in God. The result of this choice was [...]
4th Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! After 40 years of wandering, the people of Israel have at last crossed the Jordan River into the promised land. During the course of this long journey, the generation of Israel that left Egypt died [...]
3rd Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Moses wants to help his people. Without direction from God, however, his efforts have no lasting effect. Fearing the consequences of killing an oppressor, Moses flees to Midian, where he marries Zipporah, daughter of Jethro, a [...]
2nd Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! In previous chapters of this book, God protected Abraham in Egypt and granted him victory in the land of Canaan. Even so, the great patriarch hesitates to put complete trust in God, especially in God’s [...]
1st Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Because at Meribah he misrepresented God (Numbers 20:12–13,) Moses is barred from leading the people across the Jordan River and into Canaan. But before he steps aside for his successor, Joshua, Moses speaks to the [...]
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! To previous generations this book was known as Ecclesiasticus, meaning "Church book." This title demonstrates the attraction this book held for the faithful with its treasury of wise and well-crafted teachings. Today the book [...]
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Jealous over David’s rise in power, Saul continues to hunt him down. More than 10 chapters earlier, the prophet Samuel told Saul that God was replacing him with another (15:28). This had to happen [...]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! This passage places two very different scenes before the people. They have a choice to make. In which scene do they want to be included? The proper choice should be obvious. But that was [...]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Isaiah began his service as God’s prophet during the reign of King Uzziah. This vision comes in the year of that king’s death (742 BC). In the opening chapters of his book, Isaiah challenges [...]