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16th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 16º domingo del tiempo ordinario
July 18, 2020
Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43
The Roman poet Seneca wrote: “We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth.” At our Capuchin novitiate in Santa Ynez, we have two...
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 15º domingo del tiempo ordinario
July 10, 2020
Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23
Farmers, seeds, and fields make a little more sense to me now than a few months ago. In April I was living in Chicago, and we had a small garden next to our...
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 14º domingo del tiempo ordinario
July 3, 2020
Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30
One woman’s rant turned into a barista’s reward.
A couple of weeks ago, the woman walked into a Starbucks in San Diego to order a drink. Lenin...
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 13º domingo del tiempo ordinario
June 26, 2020
2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42
What goes around comes around. You get out of life what you put into it. Garbage in, garbage out. You get what you pay for. No pain, no gain. A tree is known...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski