The Inner Word

6 Dec 2009

Second Sunday of Advent, Cycle C

What’s in your heart?

Baruch proclaims that we will be remembered by God. Do I feel remembered?

29 Nov 2009

First Sunday of Advent, Cycle C

What’s in your heart?

The late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin said, “A dying person does not have time for the peripheral or the accidental. He or she is drawn to the essential, the important.”

22 Nov 2009

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

The feast of Christ the King recognizes the triumph of Jesus, the one who testified to the truth with his words and with his life.

15 Nov 2009

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

This week the readings convey a sense of imminent crisis, a realization that life has come to a point of fundamental decision. Do I recognize those decision moments in my own life? How about in the lives of people I encounter in my role as minister? 

8 Nov 2009

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

In today’s scripture, we get two of those forces: bread and power. But the way the characters react makes a difference.

1 Nov 2009

Solemnity of All Saints, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

You might ask yourself who comes to mind when you think of those blessed in the gospel beatitudes: the poor in spirit, pure in heart, the merciful, sorrowing, honest, the peacemakers, those who suffer for the sake of righteousness. 

25 Oct 2009

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

God promises to provide a “level road so that none shall stumble.” What stumbling blocks do I experience on my spiritual journey?

18 Oct 2009

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

Have Jesus’ words about the first being the last and the last first helped me let go of the natural tendency to measure myself and others in terms of perks and power rather than by the capacity to give freely to others?

11 Oct 2009

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

God provides all that we need. The first reading says if we choose wisdom, all other riches come to us. The second reading says God’s Word is living and effective. The gospel tells the familiar story of the rich young man.

4 Oct 2009

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

The original covenant of love was initiated by God. God made that covenant with our spiritual ancestors and commits to that covenant with each one of us today.