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  Monday - 20 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew19:16-22 Where’s the Love? Wedding Day, 8/17/74 What is love?   How would you define/describe it?   It’s when he invites her over for dinner for the first time and the entire meal comes out of a can.   And yet she came back for another cooking adventure. It’s when he was recovering from back surgery, a 6-month process, and she was the best nurse and caregiver ever! It’s when she laughs at his jokes, as corny and dad-like as you can imagine! It’s when her patience shines forth when his handyman projects go completely south, kind of like sticking his foot in the paint can. It’s when he has a nice cup of hot tea ready for her when she wakes up every morning. It’s when she bakes his favorite cake or he brings her flowers, for no particular reason or occasion, just because! It’s when they decide to go out for dinner and then spend a half-hour deciding on the restaurant because each of them wants to pick the o...
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  20 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 15:21-28 Turning Back? Walking in Sepphoris One of my favorite conversations in the Lord of the Rings movies/books is the one below!   Just when Frodo is at his lowest, ready to give up and give in to the evil of the Ring, when all hope seems to be lost, Sam reminds him of the importance of holding on, not giving up, being persistent, keeping the faith!! By rights we shouldn’t even be here, but we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end, because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - that meant something even if you were too small to under...
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  Saturday – Feast of the Assumption of Mary Gospel – Luke 1: 39-56 The Long and Winding Road Church of the Dormition, Jerusalem Ever had something you really wanted?   Maybe it was a bike or a new baseball glove or a new gaming system!   But it wasn’t going to be a gift; you had to work for it.   Maybe you spent all summer mowing lawns or working for the park district for the money.   Maybe it was that dream career that you had to spend years in school and internship in order to get it!   It was Work!   No gift on a silver platter!   You had to work for it.   And then when you got it, well the joy was immense! Joy comes spilling out of today’s Gospel!   It is expressed by 2 women: Mary and her cousin Elizabeth. It’s a joy that can’t be contained; it rushes out like a torrent of water in their words and their actions.   Two cousins, both pregnant, embracing each other with happiness over each of their impending births! ...
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