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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Using scriptures in self-serving ways By SISTER MARY McGLONE In our history, we Christians have missed the mark on carrying out much (most?) of what Jesus tried to teach. In the name of Christ, a shameful number of men went crusading to destroy unbelievers. The Council of Trent found […]

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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Whom will we serve? By SISTER MARY McGLONE Back in the late 1970s, Bob Dylan wrote the Grammy-winning “Gotta Serve Somebody.” His message? “You may be an ambassador to England or France, you may like to gamble, you might like to dance … But you’re gonna have to serve […]

19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Jesus reminds his followers that they can truly know him once they open their mind and hearts and allow God to draw them in. We, too, must open our minds and our hearts, sincerely praying to be ready to accept God’s unlimited offer of life. To the point: Sometimes, what […]

19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Beware of our own expectations By SISTER MARY McGLONE “Where did that come from?” “Who does she think she is?” We make those and more creative, sometimes less polite, comments when somebody throws us off balance. We wander around our little worlds with expectations, conscious and unconscious, that are […]

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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Using scriptures in self-serving ways By SISTER MARY McGLONE In our history, we Christians have missed the mark on carrying out much (most?) of what Jesus tried to teach. In the name of Christ, a shameful number of men went crusading to destroy unbelievers. The Council of Trent found […]