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  Tuesday – 2 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Mark 2:23-28 Working on the Sabbath Frere’s Store Short and Sweet! While the store was still in operation, my Dad would put in long hours 6 days a week, often working from 6-7am in the morning til 9pm at night.   But not Sundays!   Sundays were for family and church!   However quite often a neighbor would call or stop by on a Sunday in need of milk or eggs, diapers or medicine.   And Dad would always drop what he was doing, open the store and take care of their needs.   That’s just who he was – kind, compassionate, giving, and selfless, no matter what day it was. Even Sundays! Jesus’ ongoing battles with the Pharisees continue in today’s Gospel.   The disciples are picking and eating grains on the Sabbath, a serious breaking of the ‘no work’ rule, according to the Jewish leaders.   But Jesus responds clearly and bluntly – man is not made for the Sabbath; the Sabbath is made for m...
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  Monday - 2 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Mark 2:18-22 Stuck in the Past FJMS Memory I have an old high school T-shirt in my dresser drawer; and I do mean old!   I guess it’s about 60 years old, with a few holes here and there, so thin in places you can almost see through it.   And there is no way I will ever try to put it on.   It wouldn’t fit and it most certainly would fall apart if I even tried.   And yet I continue to hold on to it, to cherish it!   Even when we made the move from Chicago to Tennessee, I was overly careful to pack it up neatly and lovingly for the long journey, I am guessing we all have some memento or relic from our past – a favorite shirt or toy, a heartfelt letter or maybe a photograph.   But sooner or later, there comes a time when it has outlived its usefulness and you have to let it go! Jesus makes that same point in today’s Gospel.   You can’t put new wine into old wineskins; they will burst a...
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  2 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time      Gospel – John 2:1-11 The Miracle-Worker Wedding Chapel, Cana   For those of you who have never had the pleasure of the experience, planning a wedding is not something for the faint-hearted.   There is the wedding invitation, the guest list, the bridal party, the rehearsal and dinner, not to mention the ceremony itself, the menu, the seating, etc.   So much planning, details and coordination!   Need I say more? I learned early on when we were preparing for our daughter Jaime’s wedding that I had very specific jobs and responsibilities.   They amounted to: Smile, saying “yes, dear” (numerous times) and signing the checks.   Ginger was a marvel at the details.   I remember being given a minute-by-minute schedule for each day of what I was supposed to do, where to be and the time frame to get the job done!   And even if something should have gone wrong (which it didn’t), there...
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