The common theme of today’s readings is divine authority—reflected by the Prophets of the Old Testament and their messages, by the Apostles, including St. Paul, in the New Testament in their writings and teaching, and by Jesus in His teaching and healing ministry. Today’s First Reading tells us that a true prophet speaks with authority because it is God who speaks through him. After the Babylonian exile, the Jewish priests began to interpret the words of Moses given in the first reading, namely, “a prophet like me”, as referring to one individual, the expected Messiah. Read the rest of this entry »
Says who? Jesus, that’s who!
January 26th, 2012Bulletin for January 29, 2012
January 26th, 2012Bulletin for January 22, 2012
January 18th, 2012“Repent and believe..right now!
January 18th, 2012This weekend’s three readings underline the absolute necessity for us of repentance and a prompt response to God’s call. Our First Reading…tells us how God had to punish the disobedient prophet, Jonah, to get him to preach repentance in Nineveh. The wicked people of Nineveh, however, could accept Jonah as God’s prophet, and, hence, they promptly responded to God’s call for repentance as Jonah preached it. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t take your time…in responding to God!!
January 12th, 2012How many of you have ever been deep-sea fishing? I was shocked to learn that 2.4 million people (and I’m not one of them) participated in this sport last year, resulting in retail sales of almost $2.4 billion dollars. Deep sea-fishing provides jobs for 55,000 people. You may be asking what deep-sea fishing has to do with the church. You are going to see, over the next 4 weeks, that deep-sea fishing is a picture of the deep-soul fishing we are to be about as a church. Read the rest of this entry »