Offer no resistance to one who is evil.

11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Offer no resistance to one who is evil.  While so many of Jesus’ teachings in his Sermon on the Mount are challenging, the one from today’s Gospel may be the most challenging of all. How can we “offer no resistance” and stand idly by when...

The Lord will be passing by.

10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord will be passing by.  Have you ever experienced the presence of God in nature? The majesty of the Grand Canyon, for instance, can awaken a sense of your own smallness and God’s infinite greatness. Indeed, God is present everywhere,...

Climb up and look out to sea.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEM.) Climb up and look out to sea.  Elijah had just summoned fire from heaven and routed the prophets of the pagan god Baal. But instead of fleeing immediately so as to avoid the wrath of the wicked Queen...

The Lord is God!

10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord is God!  Today’s first reading describes a contest of sorts between God’s prophet, Elijah, and a slew of prophets dedicated to the Canaanite god, Baal. In fact, the details of this “my-God-is-better-than-your-god” contest might...

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