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  Wednes day – 14 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 10:1-7 We’ve Got The Power Open Market, Jerusalem I stopped into a Dollar General a while ago to pick up a few things.   As I was checking out, while I didn’t know her name, I recognized that the cashier was Moslem and greeted her accordingly - assalamu alaikum   I knew they were in the middle of their month of fasting and prayer; so we shared a bit about the possible similarities between Ramadan and Lent.   It was both thoughtful and enlightening.   And it all started with just a simple kindly greeting!   I then wished her a blessed Ramadan.   You could have lit up a thousand light bulbs from her smile.   Just a simple act of kindness but what a difference it can make! In today’s Gospel, Jesus commissions the Twelve.   He gives them authority over demons and the power to heal and then sends them out to neighboring towns to spread the Word. By virtue of our Baptism, our adop...
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  Tues day – 14 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 9:32-38 I Am Tired! Sheep! Are you tired?   Worn out?   Stressed out?   Do you get up after a fitful night of sleep feeling even more exhausted than the day before?   We are all feeling it – tired of greed and selfishness, of worry, of watching the news, tired of violence and hatred, tired of unconscionable acts of cruelty, tired of seeing nothing change, tired of people with too many divisive words and not enough healing actions.   I think we are all feeling that way lately, a bit lost, sheep looking for a good shepherd! We don’t often see the human side of Jesus in the Gospels.   Mostly we see the miracle-worker, the raiser of people from the dead, the healer, the teacher, the Resurrected Son of God.   But sometimes, like in the Garden of Gethsemane, we see His humanity, what we share in common with Him.   And we get a glimpse of that human side in today’s Gospel.   Jes...
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  Monday – 14 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 9:18-26 Meeting Me Halfway Chapel at Magdala Two young women, Mary and Beth, were next-door neighbors.   More importantly, they were the best of friends.   At least until one day when they had a terrible argument!   It doesn’t matter what the argument was about.   What matters is that it got so heated that they both declared the friendship was over and they both stormed off to their homes.   Beth spent the night tossing and turning; she just couldn’t sleep.   She missed her best friend, and she felt so bad about the argument.   Finally in the middle of the night, she got up and headed to Mary’s house to make amends.   As she gets about halfway, there is Mary right in front of her, running toward her house.   So they both met in the middle, expressed their sorrow over the incident and tearfully hugged each other, best friends again! My guess is that we have all been in a sim...
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