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  Saturday – 23 rd Week in Ordinary Time      Gospel – Luke 6:43-49                                                 Shaky Ground Storms over Mt. Carmel An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was...
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  Friday – 23 rd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Luke 6:39-42 Humble Pie! Lighting a Candle, Church of Holy Sepulchre A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat. "I'm the greatest HITTER in the world," he announced. Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed. "Strike One!" he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and said again, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!"    He tossed the ball into the air. When it came down he swung again and missed. "Strike Two!" he cried out.   The boy then paused a moment to examine his bat and ball carefully. He spit on his hands and rubbed them together. He straightened his cap and said once more, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!" Again he tossed the ball up in the air and swung at it. He missed. "Strike Three!" "Wow!...
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  Thursday – 23 rd Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Luke 6:27-38 Keep It Simple! Going for a Walk I remember as a young father the times I would go outside after hearing the neighborhood kids arguing or fighting about something.   I felt somehow that it was part of my job as a parent to be a peacemaker.   So I would go out, gather the kids together, have them all say they were sorry and shake hands.   And I would get the dumbest looks from all of them.   And for a very good reason!   By the time I got outside, they had already moved on.   They had already completely forgotten what they were arguing about and just went back to playing together.   Forgive and forget!   If only it were so simple these days.   If only we hadn’t forgotten how to be child-like!   All we seem to see and read about today are adults acting CHILD-ISH!   Spoiled, demanding to get our way, refusing to see the other side, angry, bitter, vengeful, ful...
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