Jesus gives a parable of warning about his second coming, saying "much will be required of the person entrusted with much." We who have been given faith will be accountable for what we have done with it in the time God has given us.

St. Paul tells us that through Adam, all died, but through Christ, grace abounded all the more so that all might live. Whatever sin we find in the world, we can be sure that God has grace to not only overcome it, but to make the world better than it was before the fault.

For 22 October 2023, Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 22:15–21, sent in from Chicago, IL, United States of America.

For 19 October 2023, Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs, based on Matthew 28:16-20, sent in from Chicago, IL, United States of America.

For 16 October 2023, Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time, based on Romans 1:1-7, Luke 11:29-32, sent in from Chicago, IL, United States of America.

Jonah is angry at God for not killing the Ninevites, and for killing a little gourd plant. Funny, the things we choose to care about.

When Jesus came to visit, Mary listened at his feet while Martha was "busy with many things." Are we "busy with many things" as a way to avoid actually listening to God?

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP breaks open the readings for the Twenty Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, in which Jesus reworks Isaiah's parable of the vineyard, making the point that anyone is welcome in the vineyard of the Lord as long as they produce its harvest of justice.

For 23 September 2023, The Memorial of Padre Pio, based on Luke 8:4-15, sent in from Chicago Illinois, USA.

In his letter to the Colossians, St. Paul tells us that Christ forgave all our transgressions, "obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims." We can best celebrate that by forgiving one another insteading of using the law to blame one another.