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  Monday - 23 rd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Luke 6:6-11 Timing Is Everything? Falafel Time, Jerusalem Ever get bailed out, rescued, at the last minute?   The teacher postponing that test you didn’t study for!   That neighbor who helped you shovel out your car after a snowstorm!   That job offer that came out of nowhere after months of fruitless searching?   That best friend who calls you up just when you needed a supportive voice! We’ve all had moments like this, a little miracle happening just when we needed it.   But I wonder – is it just about timing?   Is it any less of a miracle, a wonder, if it happened at a different time?   Is timing everything?   Is there ever a bad time for a good thing to happen? Timing matters in today’s Gospel!   Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath.   And the scribes and Pharisees are just waiting for Jesus to cure a man with a withered hand, to accuse Him of doing work on the Sabbath....
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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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