October 2013 Messenger
Luke 15:1-10 Lost and Found September 15, 2013 – The 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Roy W. Howard Who is in? Who is out? It’s such an elementary question in every human community especially it seems in religious communities. At a personal level the question arises as...
Luke 14:25-33 September 8, 2013 – The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time did he really say that? Roy W. Howard You gotta hand it to Jesus: he really knows how to clear out a crowd! While the rest of us are doing everything possible to bring people into the church...
Luke 14:1; 7-14 We should note a couple of things right at the beginning. Jesus had dinner with his opponents; even his enemies watching him closely and plotting his death. That deserves mention simply because it is so rare in our experience that people who...
Luke 13:10-17 when the rules are broken August 25, 2013 The 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Roy W. Howard Think about it. This woman. She has been in this condition for 18 years. Bent over. Resigned to a life in which she will always be referred to with pity as that...
