Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus is a prophet not a politician. He was not pressing the flesh or schmoozing the crowd. Rejection and failure seemed the hallmark of his mission. As a prophet he came with healing hands, mercy in his heart, and salvation for all in his words. The same healing, mercy and saving words are channeled in the church today. ~ Fr. Matt
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke infuses in us that salvation has come to all people’s, not just a few. The salvation of people continues in the human arena of history. Prayer is an elemental quality of our humanity, as essential as breathing. God’s preference is sinners, the poor, the outcasts, the needy. Can we see ourselves as people God prefers? ~ Fr. Matt
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
In Jesus, God offers a new way to salvation, a new teaching, a new order to humanity. In the wedding feast of Cana, Jesus doesn’t just replenish the wine for the married couple. The super abundance of wine represents the richness and satisfaction of Jesus’ word and deed. ~ Fr. Matt
The Baptism of the Lord
The Holy Spirit rested on Jesus to ultimately rest on all flesh. His journey of the cross and resurrection was to impart the spirit on everyone. The climax of Jesus ministry is not culminated in cross and resurrection but in the ascension and Pentecost. Jesus submerged all humanity in that river of fiery justice. Christ mediates the self imparting God that breathes new life in our condemned and dying flesh. ~ Fr. Matt