Tim O’Malley prepares us for the readings for 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, which speak of forgiveness. Sirach warns us against the predilection for revenge. We hear, “Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet a sinner holds on to them tight.” Sirach
For the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes about our control for power. O’Malley reminds us that if we want to follow the path of power and control, we lose our lives. Only if we abide in the self-emptying love
For the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes about God’s election, God’s marvelous decision to call men and women to salvation. The Father has revealed to Peter the identity of Christ, and now Simon will be known as Peter. He
For the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes about Jesus’s encounter with the Canaanite woman in the Gospel of Matthew. The woman knows who Jesus is. She places herself in relationship to Christ. Let us assume the posture of that
Tim O’Malley reminds readers for Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time that it is the still small voice that whispers give up on your plans, your projects, your security, and trust in God alone. So, let us stop wishing for a return to
For the eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes about how the death of John the Baptist invites Jesus to contemplate his own mission to give his life for the world. Violence is transformed by the love of the Word made
For the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley describes what it takes to inherit the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is God’s reign, the kingdom of peace and justice, of love and hope that transcends anything that the human
Be prepared for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Tim O’Malley writes, while discussing the parable of the wheat and the weeds, there is a virus circulating not only in the world but also in the Church. This virus cultivates disunity, fracturing
Be prepared for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time with this week’s Opening the Word. Jesus uses parables to form us to see beyond the visible to the invisible. Understanding the hidden nature of the parable is only the first stage in
For the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, reflect on the readings: The Son can reveal the Father to us. To know the Father we must rest in Jesus: “You want us to rest in you. We are to take up your easy