Reflections for July 2020

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 19, 2020

I suspect everyone struggles at some time with the question of how a good God allows bad things to happen. And more specifically why bad people get away with it. For some this is an insurmountable barrier to believing in God. “I can’t accept a God that lets such things happen.” This feeling isn’t new.

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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 12, 2020

Today’s readings start with an upbeat view from Isaiah (Is 55:10-11). God’s word will wash over everything, like the rain. And like the rain that Word brings growth and nourishment. And it won’t stop until God’s will is accomplished. In the Gospel (Matt 13:1-23) Jesus also quotes from Isaiah (Is 6:9-10), but that quotation has

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