https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091924.cfm Pope Paul VI wrote about evangelization that “modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” (Evangelii Nuntiandi 41). The witness of the sinful woman in this Gospel makes her a powerful evangelist. Her actions speak – even though she says no words […]

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091824.cfm Dancing with Jesus.  Presidential campaigns seem like they go on forever. Conservative and liberal candidates spend millions of dollars on travel and commercials. While they stayed their policies, most of what they do is bash each other these days. The scribes and Pharisees were neither conservative nor liberal. They would not listen to or

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091624.cfm Jesus’ Heroes We all have an alarm that goes off in someone who is in a crisis. Strangers run into a burning house to save someone. We know everyday heroes who sacrifice themselves for the good of others time and time again. In the gospel, the centurion would be a hero in his day.

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091524.cfm Identity – Who Are You? Identity theft is a big problem today. Companies are constantly trying to keep ahead of thieves. There is another identity far more important than the information we have about ourselves and our bank accounts. It’s the person we are in God’s eyes. St. Paul writes to the Ephesians, “By

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091424.cfm Don’t Be Afraid of the Sting  In every Catholic Church and Chapel worldwide we celebrate today an instrument of execution called “The Exaltation of the Cross.” The Romans adopted this most torturous form of execution from the Chinese. The Chinese reserved it for the worst of criminals.     How does God take something so evil and cruel