The prophet Jeremiah told us in today’s first reading, that God came to him three times, with specific instructions on what to do. Jeremiah listened and did exactly what He said. But, how did Jeremiah listen?
July, 2014
The Lord Appeared to Solomon in a Dream
“The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night.” How many people in today’s world actually pay attention to their dreams? It seems foolish to believe in the mind’s wanderings at night, after all, they are usually just scenes that play out briefly and then are gone like a puff of smoke.
Modern Day Weeds in the Wheat
We’ve all heard the parable in the gospel today about the weeds in the wheat. Some of us can pretty much recite the whole story from memory without even reading it. We are pretty sure that we already know all there is to know about this parable.