Matthew 13:44-46, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time We have two very similar mini-parables in today’s Gospel reading, and the one thing they have in common is that their characters both find something and lose something. In the first one, a person digs up a valuable treasure in some field, and what does he do? He…
Day: July 30, 2017
Searching for the Right Fuel – Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Matthew 13:44-52, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sometimes everything can seem right on the surface while, deep down, nothing is right at all. We see this, for example, in the famous parable in the gospels about the Prodigal Son and his older brother. By every outward appearance the Older Brother is doing everything right: He’s…
Pippin, the Jesuits and the Pearl of Great Price – Mark Lopez, SJ
Matthew 13:44-52, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the musicals I loved listening to as I was growing up was “Pippin.” This was about the quest of a young prince, son of King Charlemegne, to find the meaning of his life. (To be clear, I’m not yet THAT old. It’s just that this musical…
One Lost Sheep 