Sometimes the relationship amongst the lectionary readings are clear and seem obviously so sometimes the relationships are not so obvious The three readings for the Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Habakkuk 1 2-3 2 2-4 2 Timothy 1 6-8 13-14 and Luke 17 5-10 do not seem obviously related

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This Sunday Gospel reading consists of two distinct parts first there is a request answered by criticism and second Jesus offers a parable about a servant nbsp Though our reading is verses 5-10 I think it useful if not nbsp necessary to intepret them as comments on th

Earlier I discussed What is the Good Word and What is the Good Word 2 The Old Testament today I want to discuss the New Testament The contents of the New Testament NT are the same whether one is Catholic Orthodox or any other variety of Christian - with one glaring nbsp exception There a

These are a few musings that were stoked by the comments on ldquo Send Lazarus rdquo or ldquo Now You Remember My Name rdquo and the ideas are just beginning to take shape so please feel free to comment on and correct what you read here I had focused on the concrete use of material wealth f

My post on The Dishonest Manager generated some discussion on the nature of wealth our relationship and use of it and Jesus rsquo condemnation of wealth at least in certain circumstances In one of my comments to Marie Rehbein I stated that ldquo Jesus does condemn the improper use of wealth in

nbsp The parable about the rich man and Lazarus forms part of the lengthy discourse of Jesus which began at 16 1 Jesus is talking about the dangers of wealth or better the danger wealth becomes when it is in the wrong hands First the very first lines cannot be allowed to pass by quickly ever