Monday, October 28, 2013

10/27/2013 Homily Gospel reading: Luke 18: 9-14

Gospel reading: Luke 18: 9-14 Fr. Charles Johnson, O.P.                    The recent lecture here on campus had an enticing title, “The Persistence of Guilt in a Post-Religious Age.”  As always, the questions afterwards were interesting.   One question from the audience, more like a commentary,...

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Homily for XXIX Sunday (Oct. 20, 2013): Gospel reading: Luke 18: 1-8

Homily for XXIX Sunday Ordinary Time -C (Oct. 20, 2013)  Gospel reading: Luke 18: 1-8 Fr. Charles Johnson, O.P.   For a time, I entertained the idea of law school.  As a political science major, it was often a topic of conversation with classmates as some of them are now attorneys.  However, in classes and later work in the political field where I had and interpret...

Thursday, October 17, 2013

XXVIII Sunday Ordinary Time (C) – October 13, 2013 ~ Gospel reading: Luke 17: 11-19

XXVIII Sunday Ordinary Time (C) – October 13, 2013 ~ Gospel reading: Luke 17: 11-19 Fr. Charles Johnson, O.P.   Have you ever been frustrated by thinking up the perfect comeback in a discussion or argument, but well after the fact?  Or, maybe you have thought of how you should have acted in a similar moment, only to regret that the opportunity is now part of the past. Personally, I...