4th Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The primary task of kingship in Israel was service to God. Saul failed at this, serving his own interests instead. For this reason, God rejected him as king. In this reading, God sends [...]
3rd Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The departure from Egypt was just the beginning of Israel’s journey of faith. As they make their way, there are challenges to face that provide them with opportunities to display trust in God. [...]
2nd Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The call of Abraham sets in motion one of the most celebrated faith journeys in the Bible. Unlike so many before him, for example, those who built the tower of Babel, this man is [...]
1st Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The reading begins on the theme of God’s love for humanity. We first see God shaping man out of the clay of the ground as a potter shapes a mound of clay into a [...]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! This reading is drawn from the many lessons contained in Sirach’s book. This wise teacher is thought to have served God in the early decades of the second century before the birth of Jesus. [...]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Service to God. The opening lines of the reading echo the moral standards required by the divine king in the parable of the sheep and the goats (Mt 25:31-46). People who serve the [...]
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Like so many of God’s agents in the Bible, Zephaniah had to confront the proud and the complacent of his day, a few generations before the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC. To [...]
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! This reading amplifies the lesson in faith Isaiah drew out of King Ahaz’s failure to seek security in the Lord God. Instead of trusting in God, the king struck up an alliance with [...]
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! In this second part of the Book of Isaiah, the prophet’s oracles shift to the theme of restoration. With the collapse of the kingdom and the experience of exile, the people are better disposed [...]
The Baptism of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! God introduces a devoted servant who will advance God’s purpose. This servant is a welcome contrast to the faithless kings of Judah who brought their kingdom to collapse. Pride and limited thinking [...]