by James Nash | Nov 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
33rd Sunday Ordinary Time Malachi 3:19-20a 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19 Today’s gospel and Old Testament readings are apocalyptic. In the Old Testament, this refers to the “Day of the Lord,” when God will intervene in history to punish evildoers and reward the...
by James Nash | Nov 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
32nd Sunday Ordinary Time 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 2Thessalonians 2:16-3:5 Luke 20:27-38 This week’s gospel reading raises some puzzling questions for me. Jesus’s argument in verses 34-36 seems to assume that the reason we marry is because we will die, because he says...
by James Nash | Oct 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
31st Sunday Ordinary Time Wisdom 11:22-12:2 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 Luke 19:1-10 Too often we can read the Hebrew Scriptures as involving more judgment than mercy, but today’s first reading shows how wrong it is do that. God not only has created us all, but we would...
by James Nash | Oct 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
30th Sunday Ordinary Time Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 Ludwig Wittgenstein, considered by many to be the greatest 20th century philosopher, believed the purpose of Christianity was to become a different person. Early...
by James Nash | Oct 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
29th Sunday Ordinary Time Exodus 17:8-13 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8 When you stop to think about it, this parable is at odds with itself. The moral point of it is that we need to be persistent in prayer, and not lose heart. We are to keep praying, no matter what,...
