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thebetterpart
Nov 9, 20191 min read
Children of the Resurrection
Luke 20:27-38 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 3-6 year olds This Sunday, we hear some people come to Jesus, trying to confuse him....
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thebetterpart
Nov 1, 20192 min read
Mercy and Joy
Luke 19:1-10 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Have you heard this gospel story before? It's kind of funny, because a grown man--a...
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thebetterpart
Nov 1, 20192 min read
"I must stay"
Luke 19:1-10 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Last week Jesus told a parable about a tax collector and this week he meets a real,...
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thebetterpart
Nov 1, 20193 min read
Seeing Jesus
Luke 19:1-10 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he...
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thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20192 min read
The Jesus Prayer
Luke 18.9-14 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Begin by reading this reflection. We know, because Jesus tells us, that our prayer...
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thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20193 min read
Who are our eyes on?
Luke 18.9-14 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable about how we should be when we pray....
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thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20191 min read
Making ourselves small before God
Luke 18.9-14 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus talking about people praying. One of the...
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thebetterpart
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Deeper Knowing
Luke 18:1-8 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us a parable about prayer. We know that parables are...
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thebetterpart
Oct 19, 20192 min read
Turn our Eyes Towards the One with the Power
Luke 18:1-8 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us a parable about prayer. We know that parables are...
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thebetterpart
Oct 19, 20191 min read
Pray constantly?
Luke 18:1-8 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (Parents: petitionary prayer is not natural to the 3-6 year old. Their prayer is...
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thebetterpart
Oct 10, 20192 min read
Signs of the Kingdom
Luke 17.11-19 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In today's gospel, Jesus performs a miracle. We need to know that miracles are not...
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thebetterpart
Oct 10, 20192 min read
Lord, Open my Lips...
Luke 17.11-19 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C A strange thing happens in the Gospel we hear today. Ten people who are sick ask Jesus...
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thebetterpart
Oct 10, 20191 min read
Praise God!
Luke 17.11-19 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In the Gospel today, we hear about 10 people who are sick who ask Jesus for a gift....
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thebetterpart
Oct 5, 20191 min read
Not for thanks.
Luke 17.5-10 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? Sometimes the things Jesus says,...
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thebetterpart
Oct 5, 20191 min read
Worthless slaves? What-the?? WHAT???
Luke 17.5-10 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless...
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thebetterpart
Oct 5, 20192 min read
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed
Luke 17.5-10 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C If you had faith the size of a mustard seed... What is faith? Faith is being certain of...
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thebetterpart
Sep 28, 20193 min read
Care for the Poor
Luke 16.19-31 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C I was fortunate to study scripture with a Jewish rabbi last year. He taught us that...
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thebetterpart
Sep 28, 20192 min read
We have been named
Luke 16.19-31 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Jesus tells another parable today. This one is about two very different men. One man...
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thebetterpart
Sep 28, 20192 min read
A man who lost his name
Luke 16.19-31 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (Parents, the parable in the Gospel for this Sunday does not have much to say to 3-6...
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thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20192 min read
Children of Light
Luke 16:1-13 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Today's parable speaks about another person who is squandering property that...
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thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20192 min read
What does "Integrity" Mean?
Luke 16:1-13 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Jesus tells a parable today about a man who has not been working honestly. We...
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thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20192 min read
Faithful in the Very Little
Luke 16:1-13 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Today's Gospel reading is very long, but when I read it, one line seemed to...
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thebetterpart
Sep 15, 20193 min read
Oh, that elder brother!
Luke 15:25-32 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C “Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he...
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thebetterpart
Sep 14, 20194 min read
The Forgiving Father
Luke 15:11-24 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C This is a long parable, and a favourite for many people. We can listen to this parable...
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