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  23 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 18:15-20 Houston, We Have a Problem On the Shores of the Sea of Galilee A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story. The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended. Later, the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could do to repair the damage. “Go to the marketplace.” he said, “and purchase a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told. The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.” The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand. ...
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  Saturday – 22 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Luke 6:1-5 Have A Little Heart! Fields of Plenty, near Gaza Strip Have you ever read or seen Les Miserables ?   Simply Jean Valjean is sent to prison for stealing bread to feed his starving family. Cruel and heartless!   Yes I know, stealing is wrong but aren’t there some exceptions, some times when basic human needs outweigh the law? The Apostles, in today’s Gospel, are caught picking grain on the Sabbath.   The law is clear: no work on the Sabbath and picking grain qualifies as work, even if you are hungry.   Kind of reminds me of picking huckleberries in the woods behind our house when we were kids.   Jesus reminds the Pharisees that there have been exceptions to the rule in the past, particularly King David when he and his men ate bread that was set aside only for the priests.   And He tries to teach them that God is not just a Lawgiver but a loving parent.   Is it any wonder then that...
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Friday – 22 nd Week in Ordina ry Time Gospel - Luke 5: 33-39 Out With the Old, In With the New Boat Chapel, Magdala Generally I am the dishwasher in the family.   I’m not exactly sure how that chore originated but I honestly don’t mind the daily routine of washing dishes. The easy part is loading the dishwasher but that is not the case with pots and pans, ziplock bags and especially foil loaf pans!!!   I understand the practicality and the usefulness of re-using the plastic bags and foil pans.   But I also question – why bother!      I keep telling myself - there are plenty more where that one came from!   Why waste all that time!   I would much prefer to use it once and then recycle right away.   Either way, there comes a time when the pans/bags eventually outlive their usefulness.   They develop holes (I find that out the hard way).   Or they become too warped or out of shape!   So then I toss them out and buy/u...
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