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Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…John 6:24-35…Weekend of 8/1-2/2015…Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 8/01/15
One phrase that reaches out to me in this weekend’s Gospel passage is the following: “do not work for food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life.” When I read this passage to prepare for writing this column, I stopped at this sentence and read it over ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…John 6:1-15…Weekend of 7/25-26/2015…Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 7/26/15
In the Gospel passage this weekend, we hear once again about the miraculous “Feeding of the 5,000 MEN.” Did it ever occur to you to ask, “what about the women and children…did they get any of the bread and fish…were they also fed?” One of the things we need to know about ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 6: 30-34…Weekend of 7/18-19/2015…Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 7/16/15
In the Gospel passage this weekend, we see Jesus attending to his weary apostles who have just returned from their first preaching mission. We get the impression that they were very tired and not feeling all that successful. In addition, Jesus expresses his concern for the people who, the Gospel says, are ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 6: 7-13…Weekend of 7/11-12/2015…Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 7/09/15
The Gospel passage this weekend tells the story of Jesus' sending out the twelve apostles to preach the “good news” of repentance, forgiveness of sins, liberation and salvation through Jesus. Whew! That’s a tall task. And curiously, Jesus instructed them as follows before they set out on the road: they should take nothing for ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 6: 1-6…Weekend of 7/4-5/2015…Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 7/03/15
OK…picture this. You graduated from Catholic High 25 (or 50!) years ago and you get wind of the reunion and want to go. You haven’t seen most of your classmates for all of those 25 years. You begin thinking about your time at CCHS…your friends, “the nuns!”, and how involved you were ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 5: 21-43…Weekend of 6/27-28/2015…Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 6/25/15
This weekend’s Gospel passage describes TWO miracles performed by Jesus, the healing of a woman from her chronic bleeding disease and the revival of the dead daughter of Jairus to life. The stories actually have several common features. One woman is 12 years old, and the other has suffered for ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 4: 35-41…Weekend of 6/20-21/2015…Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 6/20/15
This weekend we hear the familiar story of Jesus in the boat with the disciples and a big storm descended, making their boat rock big time. The disciples, many of them experienced fishermen, were paralyzed with fear and woke Jesus up to “save them.” Of course, He did save them and ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 4: 26-34…Weekend of 6/13-14/2015…Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by John Craver on 6/13/15
The BIG Feast Days are completed! Holy Week, Easter, the Ascension, Pentecost, Holy Trinity, and Corpus Christi are behind us and we are back in “Ordinary Time.” I feel like rendering a verse of “I’m back in the saddle again!” As I have mentioned before, Ordinary Time is not like a “Ho-Hum” time. Rather ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26…Weekend of 6/6-7/2015…Most Holy Body of Blood of Jesus (Corpus Christi)
Posted by John Craver on 6/06/15
This weekend we celebrate “Corpus Christi Sunday”… the “Body and Blood of Jesus.” The Church tells us that this celebration of the Eucharist was established for three purposes: to offer God our thanks for Christ’s abiding presence with us in the Eucharist and to honor Jesus’ presence in our lives…to remind us, the ... Read More »
Sister Kate’s “GOSPEL QUESTION OF THE WEEK”…Matthew 28: 16-20…Weekend of 5/30-31/2015…Most Holy Trinity
Posted by John Craver on 5/30/15
This weekend we celebrate the Most Holy Trinity, one of the great mysteries of our faith. This mystery of the Holy Trinity is a basic doctrine of faith in Christianity, understandable not with our heads but with our hearts. It teaches us that there are three distinct persons in one God, ... Read More »