Oct 30, 2022

(Phil.2:1-4;   Ps.131:1-3;   Lk.14:12-14) 

“Let all parties think humbly of others as superior to themselves,

each of you looking to others’ interests rather than his own.”

The key to Christianity is to see others, even the blind and the lame and the crippled beggar, as superior to ourselves, and place ourselves...

Oct 29, 2022

(Wis.11:22-12:2;   Ps.145:1-2,8-11,13-14;   2Thes.1:11-2:2;   Lk.19:1-10)

“The Son of Man has come to seek and save what was lost.”

How beautifully the readings speak today of our “Lord and lover of souls” whose “imperishable spirit is in all things” and who is “good to all and compassionate to...

Oct 28, 2022

(Phil.1:18-26;   Ps.42:2-3,5;   Lk.14:1,7-11)

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding party,

do not sit in the place of honor

in case some greater dignitary has been invited.”

At the feast of the marriage of Christ to mankind, we are the lesser party, and must act humbly before our God.

Jesus comes among...

Oct 26, 2022

(Eph.6:10-20;   Ps.144:1-2,9-10;   Lk.13:31-35)

“Today and tomorrow I cast out devils and perform cures,

and on the third day my purpose is accomplished.”

“Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war,” King David sings, for the Lord is the “shield… who subdues peoples...

Oct 25, 2022

(Eph.6:1-9;   Ps.145:10-14;   Lk.13:22-30)

“Do God’s will with your whole heart

as slaves of Christ.”

These words Paul addresses to the slaves of his time, instructing them to “obey [their] human masters with the reverence, the awe, and the sincerity [they] owe to Christ,” but they apply well to us all,...