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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.

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

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP breaks open the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, reflecting on Jesus as the calm amidst the storm of life.

A Word of Hope by Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP
Moses talks to God face to face. How close do we want God to be to us?

Jesus's parables liken the Kingdom of Heaven to a tiny mustard seed that grows into a large bush and yeast, which grows to fill the dough. Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP points out that in both of these, the Kingdom grows from something small over time, so that we have to be patient and let the Kingdom grow around and within us.

In a pivotal moment of salvation history, God reveals the Divine Name to Moses, the great "I AM". But Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP points out that Moses was just looking for a way out.

God called Moses in the Burning Bush and challenged Moses to trust that he would accomplish all that God wanted. In the same way, Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP asks us to trust God first, knowing that we might not get an affirmation that we are on the right path until our work for God is completed.