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