Browsing the January 2023 archive of Fr. Bob's Columns
4th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Posted by Christine Rasure on 1/26/23
4th Sunday In Ordinary Time: Boastful or Humble?The Word of God today surprisingly says we can be both boastful and humble! That sounds rather foolish, doesn’t it? But Zephaniah the prophet instructs us to be “a people humble and lowly,” and Jesus, we know, teaches in his beatitudes today, “Blessed ... Read More »
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Christine Rasure on 1/20/23
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – “Want To Go Fishing?” The four fishermen from Galilee were no doubt terribly surprised, as they were working on their fishing nets and their fishing boats, when this stranger comes along and asks, “Come along and go fishing with me!” “Why should we follow ... Read More »
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Posted by Christine Rasure on 1/12/23
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time – Come Up! Six Sundays of “Ordinary Time” That is Anything But Ordinary!Now that the Christmas Season of the liturgy is complete, we return to “Ordinary Time” until Lent starts. In today’s readings we hear about three people who were sent by God to ... Read More »
The Epiphany of the Lord
Posted by Christine Rasure on 1/06/23
The Epiphany of the Lord – “We have come to do him homage!” Or to do him damage? Well, it depends on whether we are talking the Jewish king, Herod, or the pagan magi (the three “kings” from Persia, now Iran). What a contrast! The Jewish leader in Jerusalem ... Read More »