Readings:1st Reading: Deuteronomy 6:2­6Resp.: Psalm 18:2­3, 3­4, 47, 512nd Reading: Hebrews 7:23­28Gospel: Mark 12:28b­34 Today's readings are very easy to understand. We know what we are being told but how do we do it? People tell us to be nice, to be good, or to love. What exactly is meant by this? Does being nice mean that I should

Readings:1st Reading: Numbers 11:25-29Resp.: Psalm 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 (9a)2nd Reading: James 5:1-6Gospel: Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 This Sunday's readings remind us that we live for the next world, not for this one. What does it matter if we don't have things in our lives the way we would prefer? If we suffer these losses for the sake of God's Kingdom, that is,

Readings:1st Reading: Acts 9:26­-31Resp.: Psalm 22:26­-27, 28, 30, 31­-32 (26a) 2nd Reading: 1 John 3:18­-24Gospel: John 15: 1­8There are times that I've asked – why are we doing things this way? And the usual answer was ­ because we've always done it this way. There are at least two responses to that: if its working, lets continue but if we can do better, we need

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        Recently, while on the road shopping for groceries, I happened to be listening to a classical music station on the radio.  Before the next featured piece was broadcast, a piece for violin, it was announced that this piece the violinist—a woman with the last name of Marcovici—was about to play was a piece originally written for a movie, I’ve