Browsing the October 2024 archive of Pastor's Column

11-03-24 31 OT B - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/30/24

31st Sunday - Fr. Leo

We hear the best summary of the Christian way of life in today’s gospel.  Jesus sums it up as a loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and secondly, to love our neighbor as ourselves. Reflecting on these two commandments, would constitute ... Read More »

10-27-24 30th Sunday OT B - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/22/24

30th Sunday - Fr. Leo

There is a lot of symbolism in our gospel today.

First, Bartimaeus is blind.  We don’t now if he was blind from birth, or became blind. Either way, he lives in darkness.  It’s hard for us to imagine what it would be like not to see ... Read More »

10-20-24 29th OT B - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/15/24

29th Sunday - Fr. Leo

The paradox of the Cross is that it is a symbol of victory over sin and death, but at the same time the result of the evil and darkness that killed Jesus the Christ.  To overcome the darkness of sin Jesus had to pass through ... Read More »

10-13-24 - 28th Sunday OT B - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/08/24

28th Sunday - Fr. Leo

Wisdom is the greatest of life's treasures.  Wisdom brings us into the realm of God where we value and live for her goodness in our lives.  In the Book of Wisdom today it starts, “I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit ... Read More »

10-06-24 27th Sunday OT B - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/01/24

27th Sunday - Fr. Leo

When I approach the stories of creation in Genesis, to understand them, I remind myself that it is written in the genre of Myth.  By understanding it as Myth, is not to say it is untrue.  It is true, but in a different way than we ... Read More »