Our readings for Sunday are here.
These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from the Mass of
- October 18, 2015 10AM
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The poems Fr Dennis references this year are:
In 2015, we reflected on —
- James and John were nicknamed “Sons of Thunder” — no one knows how they got this nickname
- The two say, essentially, we want to be known as the best: sit us at your right hand and left hand, and …
- Jesus replies with what “the best” is: the suffering servant who
- comes to serve people
- who walks and talks along with them, e.g., the Road to Emmaus
- It’s interesting with all that God grants to Jesus — Jesus cannot give the place at either the right or left hand to whom he would choose (whether that would have been James and John or not). It demonstrates that
- he is human in that he can’t do so
- But the “Son of Man” reveals a sense of knowledge derived from being divine
- This time of year, we become conscious of having to get back indoors. Fall goes to winter, death; we are living with diminishment. In that sense, all of us are suffering as we’re not the best.
- But, living with our ordinariness is always difficult, as the Barbara Crooker poems share so well.
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