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  Tuesday – 22 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Luke 4:31-37 I Know You! Synagogue in Capernaum Over the past few years, Ginger and I have become big fans of BritBox and Acorn mysteries and detective series – Midsomer Murders, Brokenwood, Unforgotten, Shetland, and the list goes on and on.   Needless to say we end up seeing the same actors in a variety of roles and series.   And I never fail to make all the connections, to recognize them from other shows!   You remember them, they were that … , they did….., they played…..    I must think, after all these years (shows), Ginger probably just gives me a symbolic pat on the back and a “yes, dear” so that she can continue to watch the show.   But I continue to soldier on! At least my long-term memory is still working! And I have learned to ‘pause’ the program when I make my comments/connections! Which brings us to today’s Gospel – Jesus is preaching in Capernaum, and the people are amazed at His ...
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  Monday – 22 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Luke 4:16-30 Coming Home Mount Precipice, outside Nazareth (Mt Tabor in the distance) One year ago, Ginger and I moved into our Tennessee house.   It was a long summer of construction, buying furniture and appliances, numerous inspections and installing utilities, not to mention actually moving all our ‘Chicago’ stuff!   But it has been a lot longer before I could call this place ‘home’.   For many months, I was comparing the “Dakin” house with this one.   Nothing was in the right place; everything was uncomfortable and unfamiliar – not my bed, not my kitchen, not my back yard.   Even when I tried baking some zucchini bread, the routine was out of whack; nothing was where it should be.   All those “Dakin” memories, all those muscle memories of where everything should be!   Stands to reason I guess, with over 50 years in Chicago and 41 years on Dakin!   But for most of this past year, I ...
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22 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel – Luke 14:1, 7-11 Humble Pie Anointing Stone, Church of Holy Sepulchre   Remember that school assembly when you were convinced you were getting a special award/recognition?   Remember how much you ‘knew’ you deserved it?   And remember when someone else got the honor and not you?   Were you happy for the other student?   Did you congratulate them?   Or did you skulk away with a scowl on your face and a foul mood in your heart? We live in a very narcissistic, selfish “ME” society these days!   We see it on the news, in ads, in movies and in so many random interactions at the store or in line for food.   There is this singular drive to be #1 – to be the best teacher, athlete, politician, to have the most power or possessions, the biggest house and the most adulation, to have less wrinkles and more money!   And apparently it is all at the expense of others; it doesn’t matter who I have to step on or ...
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