Matthew 10:40-42 It is a family memory that always makes me smile, although it came to be ours in the midst of an excruciatingly difficult time. My dad was in intensive care. His condition was precarious and we were understandably worried about him. Two of my sisters, my then one-year-old nephew, our mother, and I were …
Month: June 2017
A Disciple is Not Above the Teacher… Revisited
I am on vacation for the next couple of weeks. While I am away I intend to take a mini Sabbath from writing. And so I offer below a reflection I offered three years ago on this week’s Gospel. The stories I offer below are precious to me as are the names of the people …
“A Flock of Meandering Geese: Like Sheep Without a Shepherd”
Matthew 9:35-10:8 “When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.””(Matthew 28:36-38) “The bush was …
“But Some Doubted…”
Matthew 28:16-20 “But some doubted…” These are some of my favorite words in this last breath of Matthew’s Gospel. I love that they are here in all their unexpected surprise, for if some who were there and who actually witnessed the resurrection and who gathered on that mountain to hear Jesus’ final instructions to them …