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The Wizard of Oz, and the classic movie loved throughout the world, is called “The American Fairy Tale.” It’s a quest story. The quest is completed after Dorothy, Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion defeat evil (the witch of the West) and are rewarded by the Wizard of…
“He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp.” This line from our Hebrew Scripture today describes how people with a skin disease had to live in Jesus’ time. Jesus heals a leper in today’s Gospel, and sends him to a priest for the required ritual cleansing. As I…
Things do not begin well in our first reading today. We hear about Job, a broken man. He has been assigned “months of misery” and “troubled nights,” and he laments that he “shall not see happiness again.” But Job is wrong, our responsorial psalm proclaims: Praise the Lord, who heals…
Is the Bible biased? Today’s Epistle (1 Cor 7:32-35) shows us the bias of Paul the apostle. Clearly he thought that “adherence to the Lord without distraction,” being “holy in both body and spirit” and understanding how to “please the Lord” are all easier for an unmarried person than for…
We 21st century people are focused on chronological time. We have atomic clocks, AI-assisted instruments that can make nanosecond interventions, calendars on our cell phones. But sometimes we also think about time in a different way, as when we think about an era, a season, a lifetime or something that…
This week and next, we have two Gospel accounts about the same event: the calling by Jesus of his first disciples. This Sunday we hear John’s account, and next Sunday Mark’s description. Today’s account begins when John the Baptist says to a couple of his disciples, “Behold the Lamb of…
Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-6; Mt 2:1-6 On this feast of the Epiphany, the manifestation of God is revealed to us in the life of a child “Jesus of Nazareth.” The prophet Isaiah tells us: “Arise and shine, for your light is coming…” We are inhabited by light. Let us shine…
Our January 7th Gospel is the story of the three “Magi” or three “kings” from Matthew’s infancy narrative. The infancy narratives in Matthew’s and Luke’s Gospels are teaching stories that introduce themes of the Gospel that follows. Matthew is writing for Jewish converts to Christianity. He uses his Magi story…
In the second reading of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, we find the phrase: “The proof that you are children of God is the fact that God has sent forth into our hearts the spirit of the child who calls out ‘abba!’” (Priests for Equality. The Inclusive Bible:…
Gen. 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Col 3:12-17; Lk 2:22-40 Abraham, Sarah, Mary, Joseph and Jesus of Nazareth are icons for each of us today as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. They are our examples of how to live our faith and how to be more human. We are one…