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  Friday – Sacred Heart Gospel – Luke 15:3-7 Have A Heart Church of Holy Sepulchre The heart is at the core of our humanity, our mortality.   We depend on its constant beating and pumping of blood to sustain our very life.   It serves as the symbol of our deepest emotion - love!   We freely give our heart away to those we hold dearest.   We hold close to our heart those we cannot live without.   And at times it breaks when we lose a loved one. We celebrate today the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.   It is a clear reminder of Jesus’ humanity.   But most importantly it exemplifies Jesus’ extravagant love for each and every one of us.   A love so deep and strong that He died on the cross for us!   As sad and as terrible as it was, the Crucifixion and death of Jesus in today’s Gospel is also quite simply Jesus’ ultimate act of love!   It serves as a challenge for us.   How do we conform our hearts to the Sacred Heart of...
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  Thursday – 12 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 7:21-29 Firm Foundation! Building Our Home Just about one year ago, our new Tennessee home was ‘delivered’!!!   Yes, I do mean delivered!   Two separate halves 56 feet long, each on a separate trailer, made their way up our windy twisty driveway.   Weeks before, a concrete framework had already been poured, and supporting piers were set up.   Then then each half was hoisted up and meticulously lowered onto the piers and bolted into place – such precision!! Then the 2 halves were joined together.   It was an amazing process, all to ensure that the house would be sitting on a very strong and sturdy base!   Built on concrete and rock!! Today’s Gospel speaks of building your life, your faith, on a firm foundation. The whole image of building our house, our life, on rock, should resonate with all of us.   At times, life and the entire world can seem unsettled and shaky.   So many l...
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  Wednesday – 12 th Week in Ordinary Time     Gospel – Matthew 7: 15-20 Baaaaaad Prophets! Our Neighbors! Over the past few months, Ginger and I have developed quite a good relationship with our local sheep!   Whether we’re sitting on the deck or walking down to the mailbox, we are always greeted by a healthy chorus of “baa"!   And we respond in kind, although our side of the conversation is not very ‘authentic’!   At this point in our country life, I’d like to think we would recognize an interloper – a wolf in sheep’s clothing.   But who knows! In today’s Gospel, Jesus cautions us to be wary of bad fruit, wolves in sheep’s clothing and false prophets.   We should be able to recognize those who are false or pretending to be something they are not!   They tell us what we want to hear and not what we need to hear!   They may preach the Good News but they do not live it out in their daily life.   True prophets inspire us by th...
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