9-24-23 - 25th Sunday OT A -Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 9/19/23

25th Sunday - Fr. Leo

 I’ll be honest, if I worked for the landowner in today’s gospel, I wouldn’t show up to work until later in the day.  Why work all day in the heat for what another will receive for working a mere hour?

Eventually, everyone would do the ... Read More »

9-17-23-24th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 9/12/23

24th Sunday - Fr. Leo

The great forgiveness we have received from God, is to be our gift to others.  If we do not forgive others, can we assume God’s forgiveness?  

Our scriptures today make it clear that forgiveness is the way of God and to share in God’s spirit, ... Read More »

9-10-23 - 23rd Sunday OT - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/31/23

23rd Sunday - Fr. Leo

 We have all heard the phrase, “Am I my brothers keeper?” The answer is yes, and no.  No if we mean we are someone’s overlord usurping their freedom. But yes, if we mean an honest concern for another.  It is a tricky balance between yes and ... Read More »

9-03-23 - 22nd Sunday OT - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/29/23

22nd Sunday - Fr. Leo

 The Gospel this morning reminds us that to follow Christ, we must pick up our crosses and carry them.  If we are to share in Christ’s resurrection, we must also share in his crucifixion.  This may sound forbidding, but when we share Christ passion for God’s ... Read More »

8-27-23 - 21st Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/22/23

21st Sunday - Fr. Leo

Today’s gospel is an adaptation from the parallel passage in Mark’s gospel.  But there is onesignificant difference.  Peter in Mark’s gospel, is told to get behind Jesus because he was thinking as man and not as God.  Peter wanted to protect Jesus from suffering and death, not ... Read More »

8-20-23 - 20th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/08/23

20th Sunday - Fr. Leo

Jesus seems quite mean when he says to the Canaanite woman, “it is not right to take the food of children and feed it to the dogs.”  To understand these words, we must put them into context and see that it is a literary way ... Read More »

8-13-23 - 19th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/08/23

19th Sunday - Fr. Leo

On one of my walks, I saw a young child on a bike with training wheels.  Must have been her first time.  She was very wobbly and came near to hitting the pavement, had her dad not been there to catch her numerous times.  I thought of ... Read More »

8-06-23 - The Transfiguration of the Lord - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/01/23

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord - Fr. Leo

The Spiritual life is lived on two planes if you will.  One is the marvelous earthly plane.  It is the experience of living in a body as part of life on earth.  This is most natural for us as we trod upon ... Read More »

7-30-23 -17th Sunday OT A - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 7/27/23

17th Sunday Ordinary Time - Fr. Leo

Solomon gives us a wonderful example of how to pray.  When asked what he wanted from God, he did not ask anything for himself.  He asked only for an understanding heart that he may minister to God’s flock whom he would lead.

We do ... Read More »

7-23-23 - 16th Sunday OT - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 7/18/23

16th Sunday Ordinary Time - Fr. Leo

In the gospel God lets his sun and rain fall on the just and the unjust.  The weeds will be separated latter and thrown out.  Thus the wheat won’t be pulled up prematurely. For me this is a call to patience.  At times when ... Read More »