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Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP breaks open the readings for the Thirty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, with its parable of the ten wise and foolish virgins, reminding us that God grants wisdom to anyone who asks, and now is the time to ask.

Jesus commends the unjust steward for being "prudent" with his master's money, getting himself out of his looming financial crisis. If only his own disciples could be so prudent about the looming spiritual crisis.

On this Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, we hear the vision of the Prophet Ezekiel of water flowing from the Temple turning the Dead Sea to fresh water. How can a trickle of water do this? By being constant, moment to moment, day after day, year after year. Such is God's grace to us, and such should be our gift of grace to those we meet.

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.

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.

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.

St. Paul tells us that we have hope, because the dead will surely rise when Jesus returns. However, we still grieve their loss and the hole it leaves in our lives for now.

In the Book of Ruth, our heroine stood by her mother-in-law Naomi when the whole world left them bereft. For whom would we go the extra mile?

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP unpacks the readings for the Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time, in which Jesus responds to Peter's profession of faith by promising to give him the keys to the kingdom of heaven.