25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • September 20, 2020 at St. Luke’s
Imagine that you are one of those people in our Gospel reading who were hired at the beginning of the day, perhaps around 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning, and then labored under the hot sun for almost 12 hours….
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • September 12, 2020 at St. Luke’s
I am happy to report, in case anyone was wondering, that I made my final payment on my car this past July. Like so many other newly ordained priests, after years of scraping by on a stipend while in seminary,…
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time • September 6, 2020 at St. Luke’s
If you have ever been to Mackinac Island, no doubt you have seen or visited Fort Mackinac, which sits on a bluff overlooking the Straits of Mackinac. Apparently it was built by the British in 1780 and they didn’t give…
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • August 30, 2020 at St. Luke’s
I was thinking about renting a plane to fly around campus this week trailing a sign saying, “Come to Mass at St. Luke’s this weekend – after communion money will rain down from heaven.” And then after communion, I would…
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • August 23, 2020 at St. Luke’s
One thing that we human beings and especially Americans struggle with is authority – and sometimes for good reason. Our nation has always held liberty to be a hugely important value; it is one of the principles upon which our…
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • August 16, 2020 at St. Luke’s
Our readings this Sunday all share a very clear theme that can perhaps be summed up in our responsorial psalm: “O God, let all the nations praise you!” In other words, that God’s salvation is for all peoples, for every…
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • August 9, 2020 at St. Luke’s
I read an editorial in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week which talked about how anxious we are as a nation in this present time – the title of it was “America is a Coalition of the Worried.” The…
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • August 2, 2020 at St. Luke’s
God wants to feed us! We hear this again and again in Scripture. Jesus’ miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and the fish and the feeding of the huge crowd – many more than 5000 – appears in all…
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • July 26, 2020 at St. Luke’s
Dutch people are more often known for being – let’s say frugal – rather than being spendthrifts. But apparently even the Dutch can get carried away from time to time. Back in the winter of 1636-7, the Netherlands was seized…
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A • July 19, 2020 at St. Luke’s
There is a well-known book called Gulliver’s Travels, often thought of as a children’s story, but actually a biting satire very much written for adults. The most well-known part of Gulliver’s Travels is the first part, when Gulliver ends up…