Saturday, August 25, 2012
Memorial of St. Augustine. August 25, 2012. Homily, Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Matthew 23:23-26.
Jesus said, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithe of mint and dill and cumin and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean."
The Gospel of the Lord.
hypocrite: [Webster] one who acts a false part or makes false pretensions. In the context of this Gospel, one whose outside appearance is at variance with his inner being.
mint and dill and cumin are all spices.
tithe the inconsequential while ignoring the consequential - judgment and mercy and fidelity.
strain the gnat but swallow the camel.
A Christian knows that “There but for the grace of God go I” is not just a catchphrase but profound truth, and a Christian always admits that he is a sinner in need of forgiveness. Do not be afraid to admit you have done wrong; do not defend your sins; do not be satisfied with who you are: allow God to forgive you; allow God to make you perfect.
1) The steps of St. Paul with the wife of the president of the major utility in Uruguay, a tertiary Franciscan, who knew Mother Teresa, who had been on a retreat with her and knew her for a fascinating conversationalist and a master gossip.
2) Carl Wotyla on the way to his first conclave in the Sistine Chapel was carrying Mao's Little Red Book. He was called on it by a fellow cardinal. Cardinal Wotyla answered, "My conscience is clear."
St. Augustine.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Love is the beauty of the soul.
Pray as though everything depends on God; work as though everything depends on you.
If you believe what you like in the Gospels but reject what you do not like, it is not the Gospel you believe but yourself.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
August 23, 2012. Homily, Saturday, August 25, 2012
Matthew 23:1-12.
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people's shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.' As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called 'Master'; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
The Gospel of the Lord.
Jesus was annoyed because the Pharisees in interpreting the Gospel for their fellow Jews and interpreting it without mercy.
In yesterday's Gospel, Luke 6:36-38, quotes Jesus, "Be merciful just as your Father is merciful." "Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you in good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."
Popes have always signed their letters, "the servant of the servants of God."
phylacteries: little boxes containing four of the most sacred passages in the Old Testament - Exodus 13:1-10 about the first-born being consecrated to God; Exodus, 13:11-16 also about the first-born being dedicated to God; Deuteronomy, 6:4-9, the Shema, "Hear, O Israel, You shall love the Lord thy God with your whole heart soul, mind and strength"; Deuteronomy 11:13-21 "There shall be no false gods". Phylacteries were worn on their foreheads, the motivating reasons for all their actions, and on their wrists, that they might put into practice what God wanted.
the prayer shawl tassels were reminders of the law.
Literally, "Rabbi" means "great one".
An old priest to a class of young priests, "If you don't love people, for God's sake don't preach."
Optional Memorial of Saint Louis.
Louis I, Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne [Charles the Great],
1/26/814 to 6/20/840.
Louis IX, St. Louis, died in the Crusade, canonized.
Louis VII, King of France, when Notre Dame was begun [1163],
completed in 1345.
Louis XVI, the Sun King, built Versailles.
Louis XVIII, beheaded by guillotine with Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution in 1792.
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people's shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi.' As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called 'Master'; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
The Gospel of the Lord.
Jesus was annoyed because the Pharisees in interpreting the Gospel for their fellow Jews and interpreting it without mercy.
In yesterday's Gospel, Luke 6:36-38, quotes Jesus, "Be merciful just as your Father is merciful." "Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you in good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."
Popes have always signed their letters, "the servant of the servants of God."
phylacteries: little boxes containing four of the most sacred passages in the Old Testament - Exodus 13:1-10 about the first-born being consecrated to God; Exodus, 13:11-16 also about the first-born being dedicated to God; Deuteronomy, 6:4-9, the Shema, "Hear, O Israel, You shall love the Lord thy God with your whole heart soul, mind and strength"; Deuteronomy 11:13-21 "There shall be no false gods". Phylacteries were worn on their foreheads, the motivating reasons for all their actions, and on their wrists, that they might put into practice what God wanted.
the prayer shawl tassels were reminders of the law.
Literally, "Rabbi" means "great one".
An old priest to a class of young priests, "If you don't love people, for God's sake don't preach."
Optional Memorial of Saint Louis.
Louis I, Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne [Charles the Great],
1/26/814 to 6/20/840.
Louis IX, St. Louis, died in the Crusade, canonized.
Louis VII, King of France, when Notre Dame was begun [1163],
completed in 1345.
Louis XVI, the Sun King, built Versailles.
Louis XVIII, beheaded by guillotine with Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution in 1792.
Monday, August 20, 2012
August 20, 2012. Prayer Service, August 22, 2012
Matthew 20:1-16
20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5 So they went.
“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. 6 About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
7 “‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
They are not complaining about the wage they received, therefore the wage was fair.
They are complain ing about the wage the late-hired workers received, therefore the complaint was based in jealousy.
Father Dowling's version: Say there were three brothers and a recession. One brother had a struggling business and the other two had lost their jobs. The one with the business hired one of his brothers, but his business would not support his hiring both. Then the next Sunday he asked both brothers to dinner. At the dinner, he paid the one who had not worked the same amount he paid the one who had. Can the worker complain about the gift to the second brother? Surely not. Similarly, God's gift of salvation to the late convert can not be gainsaid by the early convert.
The mobster Dutch Schultz' deathbed conversion and gift of Extreme Unction by his priest is not a subject of complaint by the faithful.
20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5 So they went.
“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. 6 About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
7 “‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
They are not complaining about the wage they received, therefore the wage was fair.
They are complain ing about the wage the late-hired workers received, therefore the complaint was based in jealousy.
Father Dowling's version: Say there were three brothers and a recession. One brother had a struggling business and the other two had lost their jobs. The one with the business hired one of his brothers, but his business would not support his hiring both. Then the next Sunday he asked both brothers to dinner. At the dinner, he paid the one who had not worked the same amount he paid the one who had. Can the worker complain about the gift to the second brother? Surely not. Similarly, God's gift of salvation to the late convert can not be gainsaid by the early convert.
The mobster Dutch Schultz' deathbed conversion and gift of Extreme Unction by his priest is not a subject of complaint by the faithful.
August 20, 2012. Homily, Tuesday, August 21, 2010
Matthew 19:23-30
Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the next age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on the twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."
The Gospel of the Lord.
Our faith is saturated with paradoxes, and they are never resolved (as problems are), or answered (as questions are). They remain there; they never go away. “The last shall be first and the first last,” said Jesus (Mt 19:30). * * * * Today’s gospel reading, you might say, is about ‘rich poverty’.
Father Kennedy and being there for me when needed. Like a father.
You love your children more than you love your parents.
After the rich young man left, sadly, because he wanted to stick to his wealth, Peter spoke and said: —Grant, O Lord, your Church and your Apostles, to be capable of abandoning everything for You.
«On the Day of Renewal, when the Son of Man sits on his throne in glory...» (Mt 19:28). Your thoughts are aiming towards this “day”, towards the future. You are a man with a tendency towards the end of the world, towards the plenitude of man. Then, Lord, everything will be new, renewed and beautiful.
Jesus Christ says: —«You who have given up everything will sit with the Son of Man... Will receive a hundredfold... and be given eternal life... (cf. Mt 19:28-29).
The future you promise to your disciples, to those who have followed you and have given up all obstacles... is a happy future, and it is the abundance of life, the plenitude of life.
—Thank you Lord. Guide me towards that day!
Friday, August 17, 2012
August 17, 2012. Homily, Saturday, August 18, 2012
Matthew 19:13-15
Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." After he placed his hands on them, he went away.
The Gospel of the Lord.
If today you hear my voice, harden not your hearts.
Would you like to hear the voice of God? This is the voice of Jesus Christ.
I will remove your heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh.
Come to me all you that labor and are heavy burdened. Take my yoke upon you and learn, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and my yoke is easy and my burden light.
Some of the most fundamental issues for the formation of a Catholic conscience are as follows: sacredness of human life from conception to natural death, marriage, religious freedom and freedom of conscience, and a right to private property.
I say to you, "Whenever two or more are gathered in my name, then I am with you." When [adults] brought children to Jesus that he might lay hands on them, those adults plus the child were two or more gathered in the name of Jesus and by his laying his hands on them, Jesus was with them.
A relative of mine came to visit me with her significant other; they argued in favor of a homosexual relationship. I said to them that there are things you learn when you are older that you do not know when you are younger. Like what? Things. Like what? Well, you learn that you love your children more than you love your parents.
My relative told me that would not happen to her because she really loved her mother. I said that she asked me for an example and I gave her one. She repeated that would not happen to her.
I said that in 20 years, you two come back, you can pay for the lunch and you can tell me what you believe then. Last month I met the two again. My relative had twins artificially inseminated and her one-time room-mate was married with three children.
Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." After he placed his hands on them, he went away.
The Gospel of the Lord.
If today you hear my voice, harden not your hearts.
Would you like to hear the voice of God? This is the voice of Jesus Christ.
I will remove your heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh.
Come to me all you that labor and are heavy burdened. Take my yoke upon you and learn, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and my yoke is easy and my burden light.
I say to you, "Whenever two or more are gathered in my name, then I am with you." When [adults] brought children to Jesus that he might lay hands on them, those adults plus the child were two or more gathered in the name of Jesus and by his laying his hands on them, Jesus was with them.
A relative of mine came to visit me with her significant other; they argued in favor of a homosexual relationship. I said to them that there are things you learn when you are older that you do not know when you are younger. Like what? Things. Like what? Well, you learn that you love your children more than you love your parents.
My relative told me that would not happen to her because she really loved her mother. I said that she asked me for an example and I gave her one. She repeated that would not happen to her.
I said that in 20 years, you two come back, you can pay for the lunch and you can tell me what you believe then. Last month I met the two again. My relative had twins artificially inseminated and her one-time room-mate was married with three children.
August 17, 2012. Homily Friday, August 17, 2012
Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63
a paean to one's new spouse on the form of a paean to Israel
Matthew 19:1-12
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate." They said to him, "Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?" He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery." His disciples said to him, "If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." He answered, "Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it."
The Gospel of the Lord.
homily:
Father Abraham has a cold and asked me to substitute
50 years of marriage
the story of taking Nicole as a youngster to the Central Park Zoo to baby sit while her parents went out, the parents informing Nicole and Nicole's response: "Happy".
the call to **** and ***, **** responds and when I asked to speak to her husband, referred to her daughter. Why not ***, because we are not speaking. How long has than been going on? Two weeks. *** gets on phone. I sympathize that they are not speaking. ***: Oh, really. How long has that been going on? Me: some two weeks.
my father and mother to Hot Springs for NAM for 20 years, come to meet couples, then a divorce, then the new spouse, and my fatehrs' observation that the new spouse came to resemble to old spouse, just 20 years younger. So divorce does not help for we make our spouses what they become.
Time makes us good at making our spouses happy.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
August 8, 2012. Homily, Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Matthew 18:1-5,10,12-14:
The disciples approached Jesus and said, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?" He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said. "Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven aways look upon the face of my heavenly Father. What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost."
The Gospel of the Lord.
"for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father" therefore each of "these little ones" has an angel in heaven - each has a guardian angel - each of us has a guardian angel.
The disciples approached Jesus and said, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?" He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said. "Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven aways look upon the face of my heavenly Father. What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost."
The Gospel of the Lord.
"for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father" therefore each of "these little ones" has an angel in heaven - each has a guardian angel - each of us has a guardian angel.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
August 8, 2012. Homily, Saturday, August 11, 2012
August 11: Memorial of St. Clare (1194-1253), inspired to become a contemplative by the preaching of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), ran away at 18, cut her beautiful long, clonde hair and assumed a black habit, foundress of the Poor Clares, similar to the Franciscans. One Christmas Eve Clare was too ill to rise from her bed to attend Mass at the new Basilica of St. Francis. Although she was more than a mile away she saw Mass on the wall of her dormitory. So clear was the vision that the next day she could name the friars at the celebration. It was for this last miracle that she has been named patroness of television.
Matthew 17:14-20:
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, "Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." Jesus said in reply, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me." Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured. Then the disciples approached him in private and said, "Why could we not drive it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
The Gospel of the Lord.
Einstein: "Either nothing is a miracle or everything is."
The Queen in Alice in Wonderland used to believe, she said, six impossible things before breakfast. With Lewis Carroll you can always expect sense behind the nonsense. What is impossible, and who says so? No boundaries of any kind are pushed out by people who are always declaring things impossible. Sir Thomas Brown, the 19th-century Manx poet and scholar, said, “I think there are not impossibilities enough in religion for an active faith.”
You will see with Protestants. In general, they do not believe in the transubstantiation of the Eucharist, but they do profess that Jesus is God. If you can believe that Jesus is God, why is it so difficult to believe that the bread of the host and the wine in the chalice become the Body and Blood of Jesus? Similarly, Protestants do not believe in the Virgin Birth. But if you believe that Jesus is God, why is the Virgin birth the sticking point? Why quibble over the details? If you can believe the big picture, the details become easy.
Rationalism is no friend of faith, it is one of its biggest enemies because it looks so…rational. If you meet a religious rationalist you see that everything is on narrowly limited terms, everything is clear, everything is man-made; there is no grace, no depth, no sense of wonder. For all its apparent rationality it is a kind of blind faith in a status quo.
But when you meet a genuinely religious person there is always a sense of grace or effortlessness. Such a person is able to take life as it comes from the hand of God at each moment, without being consumed by suspicion or the will to control. You will never know what is possible while you sit there doing nothing but declaring impossible everything you haven’t seen before.
Matthew 17:14-20:
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, "Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." Jesus said in reply, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me." Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured. Then the disciples approached him in private and said, "Why could we not drive it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
The Gospel of the Lord.
Einstein: "Either nothing is a miracle or everything is."
The Queen in Alice in Wonderland used to believe, she said, six impossible things before breakfast. With Lewis Carroll you can always expect sense behind the nonsense. What is impossible, and who says so? No boundaries of any kind are pushed out by people who are always declaring things impossible. Sir Thomas Brown, the 19th-century Manx poet and scholar, said, “I think there are not impossibilities enough in religion for an active faith.”
You will see with Protestants. In general, they do not believe in the transubstantiation of the Eucharist, but they do profess that Jesus is God. If you can believe that Jesus is God, why is it so difficult to believe that the bread of the host and the wine in the chalice become the Body and Blood of Jesus? Similarly, Protestants do not believe in the Virgin Birth. But if you believe that Jesus is God, why is the Virgin birth the sticking point? Why quibble over the details? If you can believe the big picture, the details become easy.
Rationalism is no friend of faith, it is one of its biggest enemies because it looks so…rational. If you meet a religious rationalist you see that everything is on narrowly limited terms, everything is clear, everything is man-made; there is no grace, no depth, no sense of wonder. For all its apparent rationality it is a kind of blind faith in a status quo.
But when you meet a genuinely religious person there is always a sense of grace or effortlessness. Such a person is able to take life as it comes from the hand of God at each moment, without being consumed by suspicion or the will to control. You will never know what is possible while you sit there doing nothing but declaring impossible everything you haven’t seen before.
August 8, 2012, Homily, Prayer service, August 8, 2012
Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221, Calaruega, Spain, founder of the Order of Preachers.
Matthew 15:21-28
At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of the district came and called out, "Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But he did not day a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked of him, "Send her away, for she keeps calling after us." He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But the woman came and did him homage, saying, "Lord, help me." He said in reply, "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters." Then Jesus said to her in reply, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Matthew 15:21-28
At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of the district came and called out, "Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But he did not day a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked of him, "Send her away, for she keeps calling after us." He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But the woman came and did him homage, saying, "Lord, help me." He said in reply, "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters." Then Jesus said to her in reply, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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