Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. This gospel opens our desire for God. We cannot compare our lives to others. Comparison is the death of the spiritual life. We come to God with our own limitations and weaknesses. The grace of our lives is recognizing that we are exactly how God made us. We come to know that we are all the same in God’s love for us . Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time , October 27, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We need to keep coming to God just as we are. God wants good things for us. God wants to heal us, to be close to us. We need to keep showing up to God. We bring our true selves, our honest selves to God in order to heal us. We need persistence in our prayer, not to change God’s mind but to expand our hearts in God’s love . Twenty Ninth-Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 20, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We come to a new gratitude for our own journeys. Jesus was going to places out of bounds to his commitment. The lepers knew who Jesus was even though they could not trust people because they had been marginalized. The people in doubt, darkness or sin are the people who recognized who Jesus was in the Scriptures. We come to Christ from our own need, doubt and failure. Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time , October 13, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. The apostles want to make sure they are getting the faith they need. They want certainty. Jesus tells them that a small amount of faith will change everything. People feel unworthy coming to God. They do not feel they are good enough to believe in God. They will never please God or have enough faith. What we have for today is more than enough . Twenty Seventh-Sunday in Ordinary Time , October 6, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. Several years ago there were a dozen or fifteen women who slept at night around our building. I could handle this when men sleep there, but it was more difficult when I saw these women. How are we to change this situation for people at our doors? We need to serve one another one the common ground of poverty. The promise of God is with us always. Twenty Sixth-Sunday in Ordinary Time , September 29, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We are encouragement to focus on our talents and see there value in serving God. How does the message of God’s life reveal itself when we are so scattered? We need to focus on what is, what is real. We need  to understand the true value of what is before us. We need to see the value of our relationship with God. The real value of life comes in paying attention to what has been entrusted to us . Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time , September 22, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. These stories are about the extravagant nature of God’s love for us. The lost sheep is such a powerful image for us when our relationships have worn thin. We find life again on the shoulders of the Shepherd. The woman sweeps the house for the value of life itself. The lost son is welcomed home. It takes separation in order to find the Father’s love. Take these images to heart in your own prayer.  Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time , September 15, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We place our priority on our relationship with Christ, though who wants to give up everything? We give up our own priorities in order to discover the love and healing God has for us. We stand on the earth open-handed in order to find the life God has for us. We cling to nothing on earth but God’s love for us . Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time , September 8, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. There is a great humility in this gospel text. We are not ultimately in control of our lives. Life itself humbles us. We find our place among the humble even with our great strengths and talents. We will be knocked around in life. LIfe either humbles us or makes us bitter and fearful. We need God more than ever. Invite the crippled, the blind and the marginalized because they feel they do not belong. Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time , September 1, 2013.

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We are hearing the gospels with urgency about the end of time. They teach us how to live today. People line up at Saint Andre Bessette to be welcomed. These people are labeled as lazy and outcasts. The doors change our notion of who they are, they are our guests. Faith is about a new perception of people. Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time , August 25, 2013.

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