THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Year C                                    10 November 2019

Do you know the difference between the Pharisees and the Sadducees?  We hear about these two groups of Jewish leaders all the time in the gospels.  They’re always trying to discredit Jesus.  They saw him as a threat to their religion and, more important, their status as religious leaders.  It seems that too many of them were more concerned about taking care of themselves than their people and they felt threatened by Jesus who constantly talked about loving your neighbor and […]

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
November 3, 2019

When Jesus started his mission, we hear his first message: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” And, throughout his public ministry, Jesus called people to repentance, to turning around and turning back to God. Today’s Gospel is one of the most dramatic examples of repentance and a story we should all listen to carefully, because it speaks to us; that’s why we have it proclaimed today. We’re all familiar with the story so it’s easy to […]