In today’s first reading from Ephesians Paul warns us about the cosmic struggle that we face in our daily Christian life: “For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers…with the evil spirits in the heavens.” Paul instructs...
In today’s first reading we have two sayings or exhortation. The first saying exhorts children: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother.” The second saying is more difficult: “Slaves, be obedient to your masters...
Today’s first reading from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is often viewed negatively. Yet to understand it let us look at the background. Paul is giving specific recommendations to the members of a new Christian community, recently converted from paganism. The...
Have you ever been in a place where you feel as though you are out of place? Not unwelcomed in a broad sense, but a bit of an intruder. The realization can come upon you unexpectedly and you enter into a liminal space where time freezes and you quickly process what is...
In today’s Gospel Jesus challenges the people to recognize the “signs of the times” just as they can recognize the signs of the weather: “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain…and when you notice that the wind is blowing...
