Archive for February 2019

Today’s readings amplify the importance of faith in our lives.  Put simply, the Psalmist writes that we must make a choice of faithfulness or faithlessness.  Jeremiah goes further to write that we can either put our faith in people or our faith in God.  And Jesus in His Beatitudes in Luke’s Gospel reminds us that…

Many of us want what we can’t have.  In sales it’s called the “take-away close” where we tell our client that unfortunately we cannot acquiesce to his or her demands, close our folders, start getting up from the table or desk and thank them for their time.  And guess what?  Many will say, “But wait…

In today’s reading, Mark tells the story of the woman who was a Gentile, who asked Jesus to remove an evil spirit from her daughter. Jesus replied that he needed to care for the children of Israel first, using his energy on His own.  She replied that’s true, but even dogs eat scraps from underneath…