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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: The power of humility By SISTER MARY McGLONE In the time before the Civil War, enslaved people sang to encourage one another. As often as not, their songs chanted coded messages about escape routes — whether literal or psychological. Thus we hear, “Gonna lay down my heavy burden, down […]

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15th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Rejoice in God’s fruitful work in the world By SISTER MARY McGLONE You gotta love it. Jesus, the son of a tekton (Greek for a woodworker, stone mason or builder/architect), invited fishermen to follow him, and then went around telling stories about farmers, baker women, shepherds and rich landowners […]

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time Call to worship Today’s scriptures call us to open our hearts in radical ways, like the prominent woman in today’s first reading who adds a room to her house for the holy prophet. But Jesus demands even more of his disciples. They must love him over their parents. They must […]

13th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Sharing all that we are By SISTER MARY McGLONE “Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.”  When Jesus made that magnificent promise, he was offering a new twist on traditional Semitic morality that taught that one must care for anyone who is […]

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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: The power of humility By SISTER MARY McGLONE In the time before the Civil War, enslaved people sang to encourage one another. As often as not, their songs chanted coded messages about escape routes — whether literal or psychological. Thus we hear, “Gonna lay down my heavy burden, down […]