Twenty Ninth Sunday – A
Many people whom we consider to be close to us are physically very far from us. Longbefore e-mail, phone calls, texting and twitter, the Apostle…
Twenty Eighth Sunday
We are surprised by the ending of today’s Gospel (Mt 22:1-14). The king told hisservants to bring anyone they find on the roads to the…
Twenty Seventh Sunday – A
Matthew, and the other Evangelists as well, sprinkles clues to Jesus’ identity throughouthis Gospel. If we don’t watch carefully we can miss them. A good…
Twenty Sixth Sunday – A
Paul challenges the Christians to think the way that Jesus thought. In today’s secondreading (The Letter to the Philippians 2:1-11), Paul tells the Philippians to…
Twenty-Fifth Sunday A
The message of today’s Gospel (Matthew 20: 1-16) seems unfair: those who come towork in the vineyard in the late afternoon receive the same pay…
Twenty Fourth Sunday – A
Jesus tells Peter to forgive his brother “seventy times seven times” (Matthew 18:22). Toexplain what He means, Jesus tells the story of the servant whose…
Twenty-Third Sunday
What do we do when someone wrongs us? Sometimes, we react harshly. Sometimeswe withdraw and brood over what the person has done. Sometimes, we talk…
Twenty-Second Sunday A
A week ago, in last Sunday’s Gospel, on the mountain, Jesus announced that Peterwas “blessed” because the Father had revealed to him that Jesus was…
Twenty-First Sunday
We might imagine that, Jesus’ closest disciples had figured out Jesus’ identity beforethey began to follow Him. That wasn’t the case.This Sunday’s Gospel, Matthew 16:13-20,…
Nineteenth Sunday – A
“Every action of Christ is for our instruction.” These words of St. Thomas Aquinasdisclose his conviction that Jesus’ instructions are not just what He said…