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  Saturday – 8 th Week of Ordinary Tim Gospel – Mark 11:27-33 Who’s In Charge? Chapel at Cana It happens much more than we realize.   We get up in the morning full of ideas and plans for the day – work, clean, cut the grass, do the dishes, prepare dinner, etc.   And then we get that call.   Maybe it’s a friend whose car just died and they need a lift.   Maybe it’s a family member with a medical emergency or a sudden need for you to watch the kids.   No matter what, we drop our plans and meet the need!   No matter what we plan to do or want to do, life happens!   We like to think we are in charge but that is not always the case.   The Pharisees in today’s Gospel ask a valid question of Jesus.   Where are all your teachings and ministry coming from?   Is it just your thoughts and ideas?   Are you a prophet?   Are you a follower of John the Baptist?   Are you proclaiming that you are doing God’s work?   Who...
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  Friday – 8 th Week of Ordinary Time Gospel – Mark 11:11-26 I Don’t Give a Fig A Bountiful Harvest Jaime and Josh have been very busy the last couple of weeks putting in their garden for the season – all sorts of veggies and herbs.   That also means zucchini! Woo Hoo!   Last year didn’t work so well but I have high hopes for a good crop of zucchini.   And then, comes August and September and maybe I can harvest a couple zucchini and do a bit of baking.   But there is a lot to do in-between now and then.   You can’t just plant the seeds one day, wait 3 months, and voila there it is!   It takes work, weeding and watering, time and a bit of faith.   But in the end, it is worth it to go out into the raised beds and gather the crop. That is not what happens in today’s Gospel.   Jesus is looking for something to eat.   He goes to a fig tree but there was nothing but leaves.   It was not the season for figs.   The same holds...
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  Thursday – 8 th Week of Ordinary Time Gospel – Mark 10:46-52 The Deacon’s New Clothes Ordination Vesting 11 years ago last week I was ordained a Permanent Deacon.   Part of the Rite of Ordination included Investiture where I put on the stole and dalmatic of a deacon for the first time.   I was assisted in this vesting ceremony by my wife Ginger and my pastor and friend Father Neil. Needless to say it was an emotional and profound moment where symbolically I left behind my life as a lay person and put on my ‘new clothes’, my new ministry as a member of the clergy. Something similar seems to be happening in today’s Gospel.   Bartimaeus, a blind man, is sitting along the road outside Jericho begging for a few coins.   He hears that Jesus is coming and he cannot contain his excitement.   People try to quiet him down but to no avail.   He keeps shouting for Jesus.   “Have pity on me.”   When Jesus calls to him, Bartimaeus immediately ge...
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