Articles for Ordinary Time

  We all suffer. This is a given fact of life, we come with many wounds. These wounds can be from a childhood marked by abuse, poverty, ridicule, maybe racism, or trauma. We might have wounds because we have made poor choices that have marked us, maybe you have had an affair, or got in…

  This week’s readings offer a powerful tool to the path that a Christian must take in our world to be a true witness of Christ. First, he or she must listen to Christ as the one voice of truth and encouragement. We can do this by daily reading of scripture. By listening to the…

  Yesterday we reflected on the Word of God as Jesus Christ who speaks directly to us words of comfort, of conviction, and of hope: “The kingdom is here, repent and believe.” We also recognized that many voices try to cloud our ability to hear Jesus. I asked, whom do you hear? But why, if…

  We have probably played the game telephone, where students all line up single file, and the first student is tasked to whisper a phrase to the next person in line, and that person whispers to the next person, until the end. We also know how it turns out, the initial phrase begins “the cat…