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  Thursday – 19 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 18:21– 19:1 Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice Sunset in Galilee   So there is this one person in my life who, in spite of every effort, continues to test my patience.   They lie and they cheat; they say one thing and never follow through.   They constantly disappoint me!   They keep making mistake after mistake and then come to me looking for forgiveness and another chance.   Where is my breaking point?   Is there a breaking point?    It’s hard enough to forgive someone once but what if they constantly hurt us, lie to us, apologize and then go and do it again and again?   We have all been there and it always hurts and makes us question – why should I bother to forgive?   Today’ Gospel picks up right from yesterday’s reading – forgive!   Confront the person who hurt you and help them to change.   And today Peter jumps in, like always, and asks the question we ...
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  Wednesday – 19 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew18:15-20 Houston, We Have a Problem Tekakwitha Conference 2022 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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  Tuesday – 19 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 A Child-like Wonder Mass at Kateri Center The Saint Kateri Center, where I minister to the Catholic Native American community, first opened as the Anawim Center in 1982, in Chicago’s Uptown community, which was then the center of American Indian life.   The name ‘anawim’ has its roots in the Hebrew language, the language of the Old Testament. It literally means ‘those who are bowed down’ and refers to the poor of every sort – the vulnerable, the marginalized, the socio-economically oppressed, those of lowly status without any earthly power.   In Jesus’ time, it meant children, widows and lepers, those who were completely dependent on others.   So it should come as no surprise that, when Jesus is asked who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven, His response is not religious or political leaders, not the rich or powerful but “a child.”    One who is little and possesses a p...
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