Believe God’s Unbelievable Love Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield The Feast of the Holy Family Sirach 3:2-6,12-14 I did what you wanted; now you do what I want, okay? Though few of us place our relationship with God on such a crass footing, there’s an element of this thinking in most of us. [...]

The Christmas Promise Thoughts on the First Readings – by Joe Frankenfield Fourth Sunday in Advent Isaiah 7:10-14 What do we want from God? What do we expect from God? If God were gone tomorrow (say, we find a signed note from Him saying that He’s permanently relocating to another universe and wishes us a [...]

The Never-Ending Christmas Thoughts on the First Readings – Joe Frankenfield Third Sunday in Advent Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 Many have noted that every time a baby’s born God proves that he hasn’t given up on the world. Christmas celebrates the revelation. Every year we pause laying aside our troubles and absurdities to renew our astonishment [...]

Faith: The Power To Risk Thoughts on the First Readings -Joe Frankenfield Second Sunday in Advent Isaiah 11:1-10 During the riots following Martin Luther King’s murder an angry, looting throng came upon a lone white man in their ghetto. The crowd beat him severely. Finally a voice said loudly, “that’s enough; we’re not going to [...]