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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 7, 2019
Wisdom 9:13-18b, Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33
He was called “a shepherd in combat boots.” He died as a prisoner of war in North Korea. He never used a weapon. He never fired a shot. But today...
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 31, 2019
Sirach 3:19-21, 30-31; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24c; Luke 14:1, 7-14
In July, President Trump held a fund raiser at the mansion of a New York real estate tycoon. The cost of a ticket started at $2800 and went up to...
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 24, 2019
Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30
When I started flying regularly 25 years ago, the airlines recommended that we arrive at the airport an hour before our flights were scheduled to depart. After 9-11 and...
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 17, 2019
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53
They are called the Taramahura or the Rarámuri, a legendary indigenous people in Mexico. They are known to run hundreds of miles at a time through the hills,...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski