A Faith Lived Thoughts on the Second Readings by Joe Frankenfield 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time James 1:17-18, 21-22, 27 Ted Kennedy’s death this week reminds us of the good one person can accomplish. Granted the extraordinary opportunities that his family background and high political office afforded him, his extraordinary energy and willingness to put [...]

Unfolding Revelation Thoughts on the Second Readings by Joe Frankenfield 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Ephesians 5:21-32 Once every year, when I was growing up, the pastor at Mass would read from Ephesians where Paul counsels wives to subordinate themselves to their husbands. I can still hear my father say to my mother as we [...]

Called To Get On With It Thoughts on the Second Readings by Joe Frankenfield 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ephesians 5:14-20 The-world-is-going-to-hell-in-a-hand-basket conversations are a favorite sedentary recreation. The young cite the previous generation for trashing the universe. The middle-aged bemoan the stupidity of political, economic or religious powers. The old are sure that the [...]

Imitating God: Finding Ourselves Thoughts on the Second Readings by J. Frankenfield 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ephesians 4:30-5:2 Normally we’d dismiss someone who suggested that we act like God as a nut. How absurd! How could anyone imitate God? Still, Jesus taught this. So did Paul. What were they thinking? One of the most [...]