by Greg Beben | Feb 26, 2022 | Meditations
In today’s second reading, St. Paul tells us that as followers of Christ we have work to do: “Be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord.” The Gospel Acclamation further instructs us: “Shine like lights in the world as you hold on to the word of...
by Greg Beben | Feb 19, 2022 | Meditations
In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us what seems like an impossible instruction: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” And, as Pope Francis tells us in the Spiritual...
by Greg Beben | Feb 12, 2022 | Meditations
Today, we reflect on a challenging and fundamental passage from Luke’s Gospel, Jesus’ teaching on the four beatitudes and the four woes. According to this passage, the blessed are the poor, the hungry, the weeping, and the hated, while the cursed are the rich, the...
by Greg Beben | Feb 5, 2022 | Meditations
In St. Luke’s account of Jesus’ early public ministry, the Lord quickly stirred up both admiration and opposition, as we have seen in the past two Sundays. After he was violently rejected by his neighbors in Nazareth, Jesus went to Capernaum and continued to perform...
by Greg Beben | Jan 29, 2022 | Meditations
The Gospel today picks up where we left off last Sunday. Jesus is in the synagogue of his native town of Nazareth, where he has read a passage from the scroll of Isaiah. After the reading, he sits down and makes an astounding claim: that this very passage, a prophecy...
