Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deplorable fools
Deserving of karma's wrath
Delivered, always.

Wis 11:22-12:2 / 2 Thes 1:11-2:2 / Lk 19:1-10

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

"You love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made." None of us is ever truly lost. We wander through swamps and deserts. We deserve the warnings and rebukings that come our way. But not a single one of us is ever so deplorable as to find themselves abandoned by our Parent. Each and every being on this planet is a beloved child of our one God. May this truth pierce your heart and soul in these final days of our presidential contest, that you too might loathe as your Creator loathes.

Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalms 145:1-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Luke 19:1-10

"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." But why are we lost? Perhaps it's because we refuse to acknowledge our lowdown, dirty sinfulness. Or maybe it's because we buy into that story a bit too enthusiastically, especially when the lowdown, dirty sinner is our neighbor. How many more times and in how many more ways must God express to us their love and mercy before we finally believe it? "For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made."