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 [...]
The Presentation of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Jeremiah was privileged to receive a call from God decades before the fall of Jerusalem. Had king and people heeded the prophet’s message, they would have known blessings rather than the collapse of the [...]
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Zephaniah’s main message is about the day of the Lord. His opening oracles describe this day as one of cleansing. God must thoroughly sweep creation clean because the people of the world refuse to [...]
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Baruch served as scribe to the great prophet Jeremiah. Like his prophet-mentor, Baruch would have seen firsthand the sad decline of the kingdom of Judah. Years of sin and ignorance led to exile for [...]
The Baptism of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Midway through his book, the oracles of Isaiah turn to the theme of service. This is a dramatic change from the first half of the book in which the prophet made every attempt to [...]
The Epiphany of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Isaiah’s oracles often described Jerusalem as enveloped in darkness. Blinded by earthly interests, the kings and people of David’s royal city consistently ignored the invitation to faith extended to them by prophets like [...]
The Holy Family My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! From the second century before the time of Jesus comes this inspiring collection of lessons offering sound spiritual advice. Sirach’s abundant teachings build up to the praise of faithful notables, found in the book’s final [...]
4th Sunday of Advent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Micah’s oracles unfold as a series of charges brought by God against the people of Israel. In a nutshell, God’s complaint is that the people have not been sincere in their relationship with the Lord. [...]