We might be missing the religious challenge of the saying about rendering to Caesar and to God.

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Oct. 12, 2008

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Oct. 5, 2008

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Sept. 28, 2008

The two great attributes of God in the Bible are justice and mercy Today rsquo s responsorial psalm reminds us that ldquo the Lord is just in all his ways rdquo But we also hear that ldquo the Lord is gracious and merciful rdquo and the reading from Isaiah 55 urges us to ldquo turn to the Lo

Today we step aside from the usual sequence of readings for the Sundays in Ordinary Time to celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Since many Catholic institutions schools churches religious communities etc bear the name of ldquo Holy Cross rdquo the expression may be so f