Fool or Friend – Part I
Friday, December 28, 2012 Sirach 22 – Fool or Friend This chapter opens with some marvelous images of those who are lazy: The sluggard is like a stone in the mud; everyone hisses at his disgrace. The...
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Second Sunday of Lent, February 24, 2013 – Sirach 8 & 9 – Part II The Measure of Friends Today’s Gospel is Luke’s description of the Transfiguration (Luke 9:28b-36) and each time we come across...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Job 19:19 Horror All my intimate friends hold me in horror; those whom I have loved have turned against me! God says: This is perhaps the deepest fear that grips you: fear that...
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Sirach 25:9: Scrutiny – Part I Thursday, September 8, 2016 We have spent a great deal of time with this portion of Sirach which deals with the value of constancy in relationships. Today we might focus...
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