Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Moses stretched out his hand, and Pharaoh’s army was wiped out, today’s lectionary first reading from Exodus tells us. Jesus stretched out his hand, and in Matthew 12,… Continue reading Stretching
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“Something Greater Than the Temple”
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Oh, how quick we are to play God—when someone else is involved. There I was at Mass last Sunday, smiling and chuckling when the earnest young transitional deacon referred to Little… Continue reading “Something Greater Than the Temple”
Questions, Questions, Questions
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It happens often in the Gospels. Jesus says something or does something, and people want to ask questions or press him in some other way, but they don’t. Perhaps it’s… Continue reading Questions, Questions, Questions