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homily notes: sixth sunday of ordinary time
Published on 2012-02-11 14:12:00
[This weekend is World Marriage Day and our diocese sent out some great notes on this weekend's readings, so I used those as my starting point.]This weekend we celebrate World Marriage Day and, as it's not a specifically liturgical feast day, our readings are just the normal ones for the 6th Sunday of ordinary time. In that, they remind us of the readings we've been hearing - Jesus healing someone.But today's healing holds a special significance.In the first reading, we hear what the Law of the
snapshot: two seven
Published on 2012-02-07 21:58:00
What's going on?After covering for a priest on vacation this weekend, I made an overnight visit to my seminary alma mater to visit my brother and some friends. Since the Super Bowl was on, it was a great chance to hang out (and eat). On Monday I got to do some praying, visited with my old spiritual director and celebrated Mass for the seminarians - I was a little intimidated but it went well.Listening to:I've been trying to get through two albums in their entirety: David Crowder Band's requiem M
homily notes: fifth sunday of ordinary time
Published on 2012-02-04 14:10:00
That first reading is a tough one.And that's because the Book of Job is not an entirely happy story. It's the story of a righteous man who is tested by God; it's about suffering and our response to it.Job loses pretty much everything: his family, his home, his belongings. So it's natural that he has a bleak outlook on life. He sees life as a drudgery, he's just killing time, feeling restless and miserable; and thinking that this is the way it's always going to be.That's a very sad image, but it'
