11-05-23 - 31st Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/31/23

31st Sunday - Fr. Leo

 Legalism is a spiritual illness that can pop-up in any form of spirituality.  Legalism occurs when the laws of a religion are divorced from the spirit of the law in the keeping of cultic practices.  An even worse legalism is enforcing laws that God would not ordain.

This latter legalism happens in the case of the ‘morality police” in Iran beating and killing people because they don’t wear the ‘right clothes.”  What needs to be remembered is that God made the body, we made the clothes.  We were able to be naked before God and all, until we sinned.  Another example here would be the legalization of abortion.  It may be legal now, but it is still not moral.  Preventing life is ... Read More »

10-29-23 - 30th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/24/23

30th Sunday - Fr. Leo

Jesus sums up Christianity by his two commands. One, to love God with our whole mind, heart and soul and secondly, to love our neighbor as ourselves. What Jesus did was summarize his own spirituality. Jesus loved the Father with all he had unto ... Read More »

10-22-23 - 29th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/17/23

29th Sunday - Fr. Leo

“Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s”

When the Pharisees and Herodian's plotted against Jesus they bated him with a pat on the back saying, “Teacher, we know you are a truthful man…” Then they set before him ... Read More »

10-15-23 - 28th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/11/23

28th Sunday - Fr. Leo 

“Some ignored the invitation and went away...” 

These words from today's gospel, taken from Matthew, sum up the point of the passage.  From the beginning of creation, God has reached out to us to make us his own.  The first rejection came from Adam and Eve ... Read More »

10-08-23 - 27th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/03/23

I am always pained by this gospel passage.  It seems to me that the father was a bit naïve, or to self-assured, in deciding to send his son to deal with his tenants.  They already killed on two different occasions.  It doesn't seem like a good idea to risk you own son ... Read More »