Last week we focused on the Transfiguration of Jesus pointing us to His Resurrection. This week, Sunday’s Gospel passage of the woman at the well (John 4:5-42) points us toward Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The woman and Jesus are both thirsty for something earthly and something spiritual. She is thirsting for physical water and subconsciously, for love. (Check out some key Old Testament stories of a man meeting his future bride…
“Which of the two did his father’s will?” – Matthew 21:31 Two of my favorite saints have feast days in October: St. Therese of Lisieux on October 1 and St. John Henry Cardinal Newman on October 9. Both saints wrote about obedience to God as a path to holiness. Our Gospel reading this Sunday shows an example of faithfulness demonstrated by obedient actions (Matthew 21:28-32). The first son in the parable said he would do…
Metanoia is a Greek word that means to change completely, to convert from one way of life to another. It implies repenting of old ways and embracing a new, more holy, way of life. The chief priests and the elders in this Sunday’s Gospel reading were stuck in old ways of thinking. They were not open to hearing or acting upon the Good News that St. John the Baptist and Jesus proclaimed. Jesus reprimanded them…