Gospel for Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 By Glen Argan Jesus’ visit to the house of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector in Jericho, is perhaps the most challenging story in the New Testament (Luke 19.1-10). “Toll collector” is the more accurate term for Zacchaeus’ occupation. No doubt backed up by a gang of thugs, Zacchaeus would extort a toll from those
Read moreBy Glen Argan After well over a year of presidential campaigning in the United States, Donald Trump has increased his support to more than a third of the electorate. It boggles my mind that such a vast swath of the population in a highly-educated country could buy into his conspiracy-laden, fear-of-the-stranger, lie-every-minute brand of campaigning. Just so you know right
Read moreGospel for October 23, 2016 The parable in Sunday’s Gospel (Luke 18.9-14) is straightforward. Yet, it is noteworthy that the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector praying in the Temple is only told in Luke’s Gospel. So too with the parable told last Sunday, that of the widow and the unjust judge. The two parables come after Luke’s
Read moreResponsorial Psalm for Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 By Glen Argan The psalmist is nervous: “I will lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will come my help?” (Psalm 121.1) Just over a year ago, my wife Nora and I walked through the French Pyrenees, the first stage of a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The weather
Read moreGospel for Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 By Glen Argan On the face of it, Jesus’ healing of the 10 lepers (Lk 17.11-19) is a great Gospel for Canada’s Thanksgiving weekend. Jesus is walking to Jerusalem. He encounters some lepers and sends them to see the priests. On the way, all 10 see they are healed of leprosy, but only one
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On the Threshold 