Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Old Testament has two documents now called 1 & 2 Chronicles. The name of these two books in the Greek version of the Old Testament is found occasionally in old English Bibles. The name is Paralipomenon. It means Leftovers. This would also be a good name for the collection of materials Luke...Read full story »
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE C LUKE 12:13-21 (Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Ps. 90:3-4,5-6,12-13: Colossians 3:1-5,9-11) Luke presents important themes one after another. Last Sunday's theme: prayer and perseverance in prayer. The week before: discipleship for women. The week befor...Read full story »
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE C LUKE 11:1-13 (Genesis 18:20-32; Ps. 138:1-2, 2-3,6-7,7-8; Colossians 2:12-14) Prayer is one of several major themes of Luke's gospel and is the subject of this Sunday's gospel. Luke begins, "Jesus was praying in a certain place...." As was noted i...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus visits his friends, Martha and Mary. Luke writes, "As they went on their way, Jesus entered a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary...." The Lectionary omits "As they went on their way," but it is Luke's important reminder that Jesus & Co. are on a...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke begins, "A scholar of the law stood up to test Jesus, and said...." A scholar of the law in the New Testament is more commonly known as a scribe. The "law" is not civil law or canon law but the Torah, the laws of Moses and everything else contained in the first five books of the Bible. His que...Read full story »
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark, Matthew and Luke all include in their gospels a sending out (mission) of the twelve apostles. Luke's gospel has an additional mission of seventy-two (or seventy) disciples. He uses an unusual Greek verb here translated as "appointed." This verb has the sense of "proclaimed as mouthpieces, tow...Read full story »
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
LUKE 9:51-62 (1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Ps. 16,1-2, 5, 7-8,9-10,11; Galatians 5:1,13-18) "When the days for Jesus being taken up were fulfilled...." Thus Luke begins the longest section of his gospel, "the Journey to Jerusalem." For Luke, the journey is an integral part of the passion, death, and resu...Read full story »
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke begins: "Once when Jesus was praying...." The "praying" is a Lucan touch. In Luke's gospel Jesus characteristically prays before important events or before a major decision. Examples: at his baptism, 3:21; before choosing the Twelve, 6:12; before Peter's profession of faith, 9:18; before Jesus...Read full story »
Friday, June 17, 2016
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: LUKE 7:36-8:3 (2 Samuel 12:7-13; Ps. 32:1-2, 5, 7,11; Galatians 2:16,19-21) Even though the Pharisees get bad press in our four gospels, Jesus had friends among them and table fellowship with them. It is unfortunate that the heated struggle between the leaders of Judaism (the "Pharisees") a...Read full story »
Friday, June 10, 2016
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE C LUKE 7:11-17 (1 Kings 17:17-24; Ps. 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11,12,13; Galatians 1:11-19) Jesus restores life to the only son of a widow. The context: Jesus has just completed Luke's version of teachings similar to those found in Matthew's Sermon on the Mountain....Read full story »
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
