Articles for Ordinary Time

  Sleep is one of our most natural and yet most necessary functions. We all need restful sleep for our physical and mental health but also for our spiritual well-being. The first two are pretty obvious. But have you ever noticed in the bible how many times God uses sleep and dreams to communicate important…

  As we come to the end of this week’s reflections we need to take stock of what we have learned. We have learned we must take the time to encounter Christ in the scriptures to learn who he is and what he is asking of us. Then we must act on what we have…

  Today, we must confront that there will be times when we fail and sin. We fail to listen to God’s word, to act on that word, or to live in that word. What do we do? Do we give up, ignore it, or suppress it? No, we go to God and ask for forgiveness.…

  We all suffer. This is a given fact of life, we come with many wounds. These wounds can be from a childhood marked by abuse, poverty, ridicule, maybe racism, or trauma. We might have wounds because we have made poor choices that have marked us, maybe you have had an affair, or got in…

  This week’s readings offer a powerful tool to the path that a Christian must take in our world to be a true witness of Christ. First, he or she must listen to Christ as the one voice of truth and encouragement. We can do this by daily reading of scripture. By listening to the…

  Yesterday we reflected on the Word of God as Jesus Christ who speaks directly to us words of comfort, of conviction, and of hope: “The kingdom is here, repent and believe.” We also recognized that many voices try to cloud our ability to hear Jesus. I asked, whom do you hear? But why, if…

  We have probably played the game telephone, where students all line up single file, and the first student is tasked to whisper a phrase to the next person in line, and that person whispers to the next person, until the end. We also know how it turns out, the initial phrase begins “the cat…