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,...
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...
