Thoughts on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 28, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Jean and I visited the city of Nuremberg on our trip through Germany this August. This city has to live with the history that Continue reading
“Bound & Belonging” © Thoughts on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 21, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Yes, James and John have a lot of nerve. As today’s Gospel passage relates (Mark 10:35-45) these two brothers have Continue reading
“Appropriated” © Thoughts on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 14, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Parents are happy when their children’s behavior is appropriate to the occasion, when they respond to persons and social settings in an Continue reading
“What do you mean?” © Thoughts on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 7, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com My first inclination after reading the Lectionary passages for this Sunday was to discard the lot. The first reading Continue reading
“A Secret hidden in plain sight” © Thoughts on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 23, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com As I mentioned last Sunday we are at a place in the continuous reading of the Gospel Continue reading
“Our Brother, Jack Watson, RIP” © Thoughts on the 24st Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 16, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Jack Watson, husband of Sue, father of Emily, Elizabeth, and Victoria, father-in-law and grandfather, and member of our Continue reading
“Communities Choose – Peter Speaks” © Thoughts on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 26, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com “From this time on, many of the disciples broke away and would not remain in the company of Continue reading
“Voyager 1 looks over its shoulder” © Thoughts on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 29, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com This summer’s post-sundown evening skies have been a delight! If you are fortunate enough, as we are, Continue reading
“Will the Interpretation-Understanding Circle be Unbroken?” © Thoughts on the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 8, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Today’s 2nd Reading familiarly recounts Paul’s mention to the Corinthians of his “thorn in the flesh” that Continue reading
“The No-Trick Surplus Brought on by Balance” Thoughts on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 1, 2018 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com St. Paul has recently been quoted by the Attorney General to justify the obscene policy of separating Continue reading