In today’s first reading, God appears to Solomon in a dream, saying He will give him anything Solomon asks for. Solomon answers God in a fascinating way.
Are We Little Enough?
The very beginning and the very end of our Gospel today, that being the Gospel Acclamation: “Blessed are you Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom” and the very end of Matthews Gospel: “Whoever has ears ought to hear,” both should leave us wondering if we are little enough and do we hear what Jesus is trying to tell us.
Far Greater Can Await Us
Our first reading from 2nd Kings is an interesting story about the prophet Elisha and a Shunammite woman who showed him hospitality. On the surface, it would appear that the golden thread this week is hospitality, but it goes deeper than that.
The Unbreakable Bond
The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of our faith, but it is a mystery that is beyond human reason. We cannot understand the Trinity intellectually; we can only grasp the concept of one God in three persons through faith.
The Shepherd’s Voice
I sometimes wonder why Jesus uses the examples He does in his parables and why the Bible can appear so tedious to read through in some parts (see 1 Chronicles).
The Early Church
Once again, our first reading this week comes from St. Luke’s: “The Acts of the Apostles” rather than from the Old Testament, as is the case on most Sundays.
Doubting Thomas
Divine Mercy Sunday was established by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000, in recognition of visions received by Sr. Faustina Kowalska of Poland in the 1930’s in which Jesus promised an overflow of Divine Mercy on the Sunday after Easter.
Palm Sunday Readings
On Palm Sunday, we first have a processional gospel of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem from the Gospel of Matthew, readings from Isaiah and Philippians, and the Passion of Christ according to Matthew. There is far too much to comment on, but I’ll try to give you my “readers digest version.”
Not As Man Sees Does God See
For those unfamiliar with the stories of King David, David was actually the second king of Israel. Saul was anointed by Samuel as the first king, but Saul fell out of favor with God and was rejected by God as king. That brings us to our reading wherein Samuel is commanded by God to anoint David as Saul’s successor.
A Conversation with Jesus
We find Jesus outside the normal trade routes of the time in John’s Gospel, and he is in a place that many Jewish travelers would generally avoid because it was the area inhabited by the Samaritans. Yes, there is fear present due to bigotry and hatred.
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