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Year C Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost Meditation

Literal thinking sees this parable as a comparison between and the unjust judge and the God of justice. The parable of the widow and the recalcitrant judge is about the need to always pray and not to lose heart. Literal prayer needs to be persistent. Things to do are to say prayers, sing praise hymns, take communion and go on retreats. The problem is, that is not how it works. You can pray prayers, and not pray, sing praise hymns and not praise, be stuffed with Eucharistic bread or go on retreats and not be in communion with God. If it does not work once, it does not work at all. Jesus likes to quote Isaiah, “In vain you worship me. You worship with your lips but your heart is far from me.”  Read more


Year C Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost: Grace gets you real friends and legalism gets you tough times! Think Legalism: “Watch over” means to see from above. Feel Grace: “Watch over” means to feel from within.  Read more


Year C Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost Meditation

Did you catch the point of this story? Granted there are many minor points. There is the healing of the lepers, the one who came back to give thanks. There is Jesus telling him that his Faith has made him whole. What is the big point? Did you miss it?  Read more


Year C Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations

Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost: Never mistake legalism for grace. One wants you to make a living, the other helps you make a life! Think Legalism: “Remember” is to recall the event. Feel Grace: “Remember” is to feel the event.  Read more


Year C Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Meditation

Grace understanding is about what faith is. It is not belief. Faith is the experience of the Presence of God’s grace in our life. The purpose of what Jesus told the disciples was to get them to pay attention to the faith they already had available to them. The disciples were right there with Jesus and were not open to the Presence of the grace of God. They, like us, cannot increase what unconditionally and inclusively is in all of us.  Read more


Year C Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost: When Grace has your heart, God has you! Think Legalism: “Righteous” are those who are always right. Feel Grace: “Righteous” are those who are in a right relationship with God.  Read more


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