Transformations
Matthew 17: 1-9 Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with Jesus. Transformations can be hard. I recall that before our first son was born, I thought all babies hated me. If I attempted to pick one up, it would cry. I was terrified that my kid would scream bloody murder whenever I would try to carry it. I could not have been more wrong, of course. (Although, when he was born, he did scream bloody murder, but that was only because it was bloody cold in the
The Fast
Matthew 4:1-11 After fasting for forty days and forty nights, Jesus was hungry. “But, Maaaaahhhhhaaaaammmmmm!!! I don’t LIKE salmon patties!!” “That’s all you’re getting, so you’ll sit there until you do.” And that, my friends, is how I recall Fridays in Lent. I have a little truth to share: fasting has never been one of my strengths. Honestly, it’s been so long since I’ve done a true sacrificial fast that I couldn’t even tell you when the last one was. Yet here we are
But I Say
Matthew 5:17-37 “You have heard it said…. But I say…” In the last week, we attended mass, as guests, at two separate churches. At one of the churches, the homily focused almost entirely on the fact that we are sinners, beyond God’s merit, as well as the fact that we have to spread the dogmas of our own denomination, not the faith taught by Jesus. And at both churches, we ended the service with a “prayer” asking for protection from all the demons prowling the world. All I
