by James Nash | Oct 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
28th Sunday Ordinary Time 2 Kings 5:14-17 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Luke 17:11-19 What I love about the gospels is that no matter how many times I read them, I am always discovering new ways of understanding them. I had always read today’s passage from Luke as a moralistic...
by James Nash | Sep 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
26th Sunday Ordinary Time Amos 6: 1a, 4-7 I Timothy 6:011-16 Luke 16:19-31 This famous story of Lazarus and the rich man is found only in Luke, who, like Jesus, cared a lot about the poor and the dangers of wealth. It seems to illustrate the warning from last week...
by James Nash | Sep 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
25th Sunday Ordinary Time Amos 8:4-7 I Tim 2:1-8 Luke 16:1-13 Three important points about this parable modern readers could easily miss would have been clear to the Palestinian peasants Jesus was talking to. The rich man would have been seen as someone akin to our...
by James Nash | Sep 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
24th Sunday Ordinary Time Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 I Tm 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-32 The gospel reading for this Sunday reveals two shocking truths about Jesus and the Father, but they may no longer astonish us as much as they should. Let’s start with Jesus. The Pharisees and...
by James Nash | Sep 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Twenty-third Sunday Ordinary Time Wis 9:13-18b Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Luke 14:25-33 This part of today’s gospel is usually skipped over in the homilies I have heard (verse 26). But it is one of my favorite gospel passages, especially the part about hating your parents!...
