Hanging on His Words

All the people were hanging on his words.  It’s striking that the religious authorities don’t immediately attack Jesus after he overturns the tables in the Temple.   After all, Jesus had just caused a major disruption in the house of the Lord.   So what stops them? ...

Seek and Find

 . . . was seeking to see who Jesus was.  There’s a lot of seeking and looking.   First, Zacchaeus climbs a sycamore tree because he was “seeking to see who Jesus was” .   Then Jesus looks up at Zacchaeus and invites himself to the man’s house.   Then, having heard...

You will never let me down

He kept calling out all the more.  Soon-to-be-Blessed Solanus Casey was a Capuchin friar and priest who lived in a friary in Detroit, Michigan.   Fr. Casey’s job was to be the porter, the man who answered the door and offered hospitality to visitors.   This job...

Courageous, Confident, and Contented

Render a just decision for me against my adversary. How often, when you hear this story, do you picture a stocky old woman with a grating voice—a stereotypical “nag”?   You might compare her stubbornness to the persistence of a bulldog or the relentlessness of a...

Excellent is the Lord

Let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every visitor to Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or Mount Everest were to drop to their knees in awe of the God who designed such stunning displays of nature’s beauty?   The...

The Kingdom of God is among you

The kingdom of God is among you. Do you like to rearrange furniture?   Some people are very good at imagining a room in a different way, then moving things around to match their vision.   They may notice a gap and go shopping for an accent piece that will alter the...

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