Episodes
Tuesday Oct 29, 2013
November 3 : Thirty First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Zacchaeus’ Transformation
Tuesday Oct 29, 2013
Tuesday Oct 29, 2013
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
October 27 : Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Prayer of the Humble Man
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013
Oct 20 : Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Persistent Widow
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013
Thursday Oct 10, 2013
Thursday Oct 10, 2013
Today's readings are about remembering and thanksgiving, healing and
salvation. In the Old Testament reading, (Second Kings 5:14-17) Naaman the
Syrian remembers to thank Elisha for his cure, and one of the 10 lepers cured
by Jesus remembered to turn up and thank his healer. It is the foreigner who
returns, who praises God and who expresses gratitude to Jesus. When Jesus says:
“Your faith has made you well," the blessing certainly refers to some
benefit other than that which all, including the other nine, had received
earlier. The verb “made well” is the same very often translated “to be saved.”
The stories of the lepers teach us some powerful lessons about remembrance,
gratitude, healing and salvation. Grateful hearts are the hallmark of authentic
Christians. Those who possess the virtue of gratitude are truly rich. They not
only know how richly they have been blessed, but they continuously remember
that all good things come from God. There is an old saying: Justice is when
you get what you deserve. Mercy is when you don’t get what you deserve. Grace
is when you get what you don’t deserve. I like you get asked a dozen times a day, “How are
you doing?” I have trained myself to often answer, “More blessed than I
deserve.” Yes, All is gift. Thankful people store up in their grateful memory
all the good experiences of the past, just as the French proverb
states:“Gratitude is the heart’s memory.”
Tuesday Oct 01, 2013
October 6th: Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Faith as a mustered seed
Tuesday Oct 01, 2013
Tuesday Oct 01, 2013
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