Archive for August 2022

Sunday, August 28, 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin Readings: SIR 3: 17-18, 20,28-29; PS 68: 4-7, 10-11; HEB 12:18-19, 22-24A; LK 14:1, 7-14 This weekend’s readings remind us of a chief virtue that characterizes the Christian virtue: humility. This virtue is widely thought of as a form of self-abasement. That understanding, however, is…

Sunday, August 21, 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin Readings: IS 66:18-21; PS 117: 1-2; HEB 12:5-7, 11-13; LK 13:22-30 Today’s readings on this Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time show us that it is not enough to be Christ’s disciples in name only. To be a real disciple, we must live for Christ every…

Sunday, August 14, 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin Readings: JER 38:4-6, 8-10; PS 40:2-4,18; HEB 12:1-4; LK 12:49-53 On this Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary time, today’s readings set a high bar for us Christian stewards, reminding us that a stewardship way of life is meant be a challenging way of life. In the…

Sunday, August 7, 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin Readings: WIS 18: 6-9; PS 33: 1, 12, 18-19, 20-22; HEB 11: 1-2, 8-19; LK 12:32-48 or LK 12:35-40 On this Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, today’s readings challenge us to ask this important question and to reflect upon it. The question is this: “What…