Gospel, Mark 9:2-10 People in ancient times believed the world to be stationary. The place of God or gods was up above, controlling what happened down below like a puppeteer with puppets or a child with playhouse moving furniture and dolls about. To get closer to God or gods, people went up on mountains, natural [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Fr. Denny’s Sunday Lent 2B Scripture Preview
Posted in Fr. Denny's Sunday Scripture Studies, tagged Catholic Lectionary readings, homily help, Lent 2B, Mark 9:2-10, Mass readings on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Words for an election year
Posted in Evangelization, Life's Challenges, Public Discourse on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I am behind on my reading of the February Magnificat – I just read the “Meditation of the Day” for February 3rd by Elisabeth LeSeur, “a French married laywoman whose cause for canonization is underway.” She died in 1914. Her words certainly gave me pause:
Fr. Denny’s Sunday 7B Scripture Preview, Feb. 19
Posted in Fr. Denny's Sunday Scripture Studies, tagged Catholic Lectionary readings, homily help, Mark 2:1-12, Mass readings, Sunday 7B on February 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Gospel, Mark 2:1-12 This is one of my favorite Gospel texts, encompassing such a variety of characters and so visual I find it easy to place myself in the scene. Jesus has returned once again to the home of Simon Peter, to the same room in which he had previously healed many of the townspeople [...]
Fr. Denny’s Sunday 6B Scripture Review, February 12
Posted in Fr. Denny's Sunday Scripture Studies, tagged Catholic Lectionary readings, homily help, Mark 1:40-45, Mass readings, Sunday 6B on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gospel, Mark 1:40-45 See the commentary after today’s first reading regarding leprosy and Jewish understanding of both cause and cure. The leper in this account was either quite bold, coming up so close to Jesus rather than keeping his distance and calling out “unclean!” OR he had such confidence in Jesus’ healing power (as clearly [...]
Fr. Denny’s Sunday 5B Scripture Preview, Feb. 5
Posted in Fr. Denny's Sunday Scripture Studies, tagged Catholic Lectionary readings, homily help, Mark 1:29-39, Mass readings, Sunday 5B on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gospel, Mark 1:29-39 (You can find information on Capernaum and Peter’s house in last week’s scripture preview) Visit just about any small town in the world, and you’ll find a pretty high percentage of the residents are related with ancestors going back generations in the same town. People know one another, and news gets around [...]
