Jesus
September 18, 2020
The last will be first, the first last. Jesus opened the kingdom to all—to gentiles, publicans, and sinners. He opened the kingdom to all who’d simply answer in faith and penance.
September 25, 2020
To be a disciple means, simply, first to believe and then to be obedient.
October 1, 2020
Jesus has come like a king into his city, like a God into his Temple. Yet he’s come like a man, a peasant, a challenger. Which is why they opposed him, why they killed him in the end.
October 9, 2020
“My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?” (Matt. 22:12) Such is the parable’s critical question, the critical question for those to whom Jesus first spoke, the critical question for us.
October 15, 2020
They were trying to trick Jesus, get him in trouble with the Romans. That’s what’s behind Jesus’ comments on taxes, on rendering unto Caesar what’s his. Before we exploit his words for some preconceived economics or politics, we should understand context, what he may have really meant.