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  Ash Wednesday Gospel – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Overstuffing! Razzouk’s, Jerusalem      I heard this story from a friend of mine!     “You were probably overstuffing it. That’s what causes burnout,” the repairman explained, smiling gently as I nodded and signed the service receipt.   He was right. With seven people in this house, I’ve been known to shove dirty school uniforms and sweaty basketball jerseys and tiny pink pajamas and roughly 4,000 stray socks all into one load and press start. Then our dryer groans under the heavy load of EVERYTHING tumbling inside. Day in and day out.   I overstuff.   Until finally one day last week the heating element in our dryer burned out, and I’ve been hang-drying the wet clothes of seven people all around the house.   “You need smaller loads,” the repairman emphasized on his way out.   I thanked him for the reminder. I needed it in more ways than one!! Because haven’t I been here before? S...
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  Tuesday - 6 th Week in Ordinary Time     Gospel – Mark 8:14-21 Forget Me Not! Boat Chapel, Magdala “I decided to water my garden. As I turn on the hose, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.   As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.   I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table and see that there is only one check left.   My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the study to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my ...
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  Monday - 6 th Week in Ordinary Time     Gospel – Mark 8:11-13 Just Walk Away! Walking the Palm Sunday Road A while ago I got into a ‘discussion’ with a good friend, and it got heated!   And yes, it was about politics!   Tempers and temperature quickly rose to a boiling point. Despite all my efforts to calm things down, I did the only thing that made sense.   I gave up; I threw up my hands and walked away! Face it! We live in a world of short tempers and long memories, of vicious words and violent actions.   A world of uncivil words and selfish actions!   A world where common decency and respect are signs of weakness and violent actions are signs of strength and justice.   What to do! There are a number of times in the Gospels where Jesus is at His most human: crying over the city of Jerusalem and His agony in the Garden.   But today’s Gospel contains a story I do not recall ever reading.   Jesus is growing increasingly co...
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