14th Sunday: Jesus in this Home Town; No prophet is accepted in...

  

 Michel DeVerteuil 
Textual Comments
The gospel passage for this Sunday is St Mark’s version of Jesus’ return to his home town of Nazareth, accompanied by his disciples. He began to teach in Nazareth, and many were astonished by what they saw in him. They wondered where all this wisdom had come from. What they saw was very different from what others had seen. This man was one of them, in the deepest sense; they knew him and his family. The people of the town would not accept him; even though they had heard of his outstanding accomplishments in other places, they could not see what made him so special.

13 Sunday B: Talitha Koum: Healing is a Compassionate Ministry

 
Sickness and death have a way of shearing through the veneer of our self-importance and social status. These things touch us at our most vulnerable point. Sickness and death strip us of our illusions and remind us that, no matter how important we are in the eyes of others, we are still human—still very limited and transient citizens here on earth.

12th Week, Ordinary Time, Saturday, June 26

 12th Week, Ordinary Time, Saturday, June 26

Genesis 18:1-15 / Matthew 8:5-17

 Sarah laughs; "Is anything too marvellous for God?" 

In 1842, members of the U.S. Congress laughed when Samuel Morse explained his ideas for sending messages through a wire.

June 24: Nativity of John the Baptist

 The Lord called me: You are my servant.

This is the second of the four “servant songs” in Isaiah. (Isaiah 40-50). These songs exalt the perfect Israelite, whose suffering saves many people. (Isaiah 53: ii). In one sense, the songs apply to Israel and to all of its great leaders; but in another sense, they apply ultimately and uniquely to Jesus alone. (Acts 3:13,26)

12th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, June 22

 12th Week, Ordinary Time, Tuesday, June 22

Genesis 13:2, 5-18 / Matthew 7:26, 12-14

Abraham and Lot separate; "If you prefer to go left, I'll go right."

Paul Kruger, the great African statesman, lived at the turn of the century.

12th Week: June 21-26:

 12^th Week: June 21-26: 

June 21 Monday (St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious)

The context: In today’s passage, taken from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus condemns our careless, malicious, and rash judgments about others’ feelings, motives, behavior or actions.

Fathers' Day - June 20

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Dads are different than Moms. They parent differently. They protect differently. They teach differently. Moms buy bumper pads. Dads buy Band-Aids. Moms schedule “play days.” Dads encourage “throw-downs.” Some of you are not going to be happy about this, and of course there are lots of exceptions, but overall there just do seem to be different styles inherent between Moms and Dads.