November 1, 2020
Leif Kehrwald

​Jesus begins his Sermon on the Mount with the Eight Beatitudes, surely one of the top five most memorable and beautifully written passages in Scripture . . . rivaling, at least for me,

• In the Beginning . . . (Genesis)
• The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want . . . (Psalm 23)
• The Canticle of Mary, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord . . .” (Luke)
• The Ten Commandments . . . (Exodus)

Oh, and, I would be remiss if I left out the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father, who art in heaven . . .” Do you know where that is in Scripture??? Also, part of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. So, check that, . . . top six.

Sr. Phyllis Jaszkowiak
October 18, 2020

​“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s.  Give to God what is God’s.” 
 
If we look all around us we acknowledge that all is gift from God to us.  We are to treat all with respect, with love, to see all things as sacred.  There is a saying from Oren Lyons, an Onondaga tribal Chief: “In the absence of the sacred – nothing is sacred – everything is for sale.”  Anne Wilson Shaef adds, “And life has no value.”

October 4, 2020
Leif Kehrwald

There are two parables in our readings today, and they are very similar. In our first reading from Isaiah, and in our Gospel reading from Matthew, we have a landowner who lavishes extraordinary care on his vineyard. He digs it, clears it of stones, plants it with choice vines, builds a watchtower, hews out a wine vat in it.