Gospel Reflections for Challenging Times

  Tuesday – 22 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Luke 4:31-37 I Know You! Synagogue in Capernaum Over the past few years, Ginger and I have become big fans of BritBox and Acorn mysteries and detective series – Midsomer Murders, Brokenwood, Unforgotten, Shetland, and the list goes on and on.   Needless to say we end up seeing the same actors in a variety of roles and series.   And I never fail to make all the connections, to recognize them from other shows!   You remember them, they were that … , they did….., they played…..    I must think, after all these years (shows), Ginger probably just gives me a symbolic pat on the back and a “yes, dear” so that she can continue to watch the show.   But I continue to soldier on! At least my long-term memory is still working! And I have learned to ‘pause’ the program when I make my comments/connections! Which brings us to today’s Gospel – Jesus is preaching in Capernaum, and the people are amazed at His ...

  Monday – 22 nd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Luke 4:16-30 Coming Home Mount Precipice, outside Nazareth (Mt Tabor in the distance) One year ago, Ginger and I moved into our Tennessee house.   It was a long summer of construction, buying furniture and appliances, numerous inspections and installing utilities, not to mention actually moving all our ‘Chicago’ stuff!   But it has been a lot longer before I could call this place ‘home’.   For many months, I was comparing the “Dakin” house with this one.   Nothing was in the right place; everything was uncomfortable and unfamiliar – not my bed, not my kitchen, not my back yard.   Even when I tried baking some zucchini bread, the routine was out of whack; nothing was where it should be.   All those “Dakin” memories, all those muscle memories of where everything should be!   Stands to reason I guess, with over 50 years in Chicago and 41 years on Dakin!   But for most of this past year, I ...