Are We Part of the Solution, Or Part of the Problem?

Posted by Christine Rasure on 2/24/23

First Sunday of Lent – “Are We Part of the Solution, Or Part of the Problem?”As Lent begins, the scripture readings today at Mass invite us to meditate on several people: Genesis gives us a look back at our human ancestors who had it made in their special Garden ... Read More »

“Love Your Neighbor!” “Love Your Enemy?”

Posted by Christine Rasure on 2/17/23

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – “Love Your Neighbor!” “Love Your Enemy?”What does Jesus expect of us? To be “perfect?” Loving my neighbor is hard enough. How do you expect me to love my enemy too? Well, that is exactly what the Lord teaches us in the Gospel today. ... Read More »

What Does the Lord Expect of Us?

Posted by Christine Rasure on 2/14/23

6th Sunday In Ordinary Time – What Does the Lord Expect of Us?Good question! Let’s start by thinking of how much you expected of your children when you were raising them and teaching them how to act and to do the right thing. I am sure that you expected ... Read More »

5th Sunday In Ordinary Time – What’s It All About?

Posted by Christine Rasure on 2/03/23

5th Sunday In Ordinary Time – What’s It All About?What is life all about? What is God all about? What is Church all about?  And now the ultimate question:  What is “Alll Things New” all about? As they say so often, “That’s a great question!” 

Well, concerning those first ... Read More »

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 »

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

Posted by Christine Rasure on 12/30/22

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God – “Mary kept all these things … in her heart.”This great feast, which always comes on New Year’s Day, celebrates the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Mother of God. Jesus is indeed the focus of the Christmas Season, but he could ... Read More »

Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Posted by Christine Rasure on 12/24/22

Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord – “Today the Lord Is Born For Us”May all of you have a blessed and holy Christmas! For today our Savior is coming into our world, into our church, and into our lives. This great feast day is so important that the ... Read More »