Sixteenth Sunday of the Year C Luke 10 38-42 In 1999 I met an elderly Dominican at the Sainte Baume the holy cave in Provence the beautiful Cezanne region in the south of France where tradition has it that Mary Magdalene having labored for the evangelization of the region retired into solitu

Over the years the biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann has written extensively on various Old Testament topics Among his favorite subjects is the prophet Jeremiah Fifteen of his articles on the subject have been collected in Like Fire in the Bones Listening to the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah P

This Sunday is the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel reading from Luke recounts the story of Jesus s encounter with the sisters Mary and Martha Daniel Harrington writes that the narrative challenges us to balance practical action and contemplation In the history of biblical interp

A farmer a stockbroker and woman who was a lawyer were standing in line waiting for their chance at entrance into Heaven St Peter called the farmer first We have only one simple requirement for entrance here St Peter said You must spell God Easy enough said the farmer G-O-

Jesus parable of the Good Samaritan is challenging on many levels James DiGiacomo s entry July 11 effectively highlights the provocative quality of Jesus decision to make a despised Samaritan the hero of his story I want to focus here on how Jesus turns the lawyer s question--Who is m

Margaret Thatcher once claimed that the Parable of the Good Samaritan showed Jesus endorsement of the benefits of capitalism The then British Prime Minister argument ran that the hero of this famous story is the one who could afford to pay for the victim s care She surmised that the reason th