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Sometimes when we listen to the readings at Mass we might feel that they are somewhat disconnected, that they don’t really “go together” in an obvious way.  And for the person preaching on such readings, coming up with a “theme” can be challenging.  And as many of you would probably attest, when a preacher tries […]

“How long, O Lord?  I cry for help but you do not listen!” So says the prophet Habakkuk in today’s First Reading.  He’s pretty fed up with the social injustices he sees all around him, and has been crying out to God to punish those who are responsible.  And that isn’t happening.  Naturally, Habakkuk begins

See if any of these sound familiar: You are approaching a traffic light that has been green for quite some time.  All you can think about is “making the light”.  But there is one car in front of you . . . which begins slowing down . . . and slowing down . . .

“You cannot serve both God and mammon.” There are some verses in Scripture that have a kind of majesty to them.  They sound important.  They sound forceful.  They sound authentic.  And they sound like they are being spoken by (or written by) someone of great authority.  “You cannot serve both God and mammon.” Can you

Do you ever look at others and think to yourself, “I don’t understand why they make the choices they make.  If I was in that situation, I would make a totally different decision.”  Sometimes the things we make judgments about are small in nature. We wonder why a neighbor picked a particular color for the