Not that we drop cats for experimental purposes, but in the course of life the average person has witnessed the phenomena. Did you ever wonder at the physics of why free falling cats land on their feet? Probably not, but then you can read this blog for the every-now-and-again post of things scientific. Continue reading
This coming Sunday is the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The careful reader of Matthew should be mindful that there have been persistent hints. From the beginning of the Gospel, Matthew begins to make it clear that the community of the Messiah is formed from unexpected sources. The mention of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba (1:3, 5, 6), all evidently Gentiles with overtones of scandal in their backgrounds, prepares the reader for Jesus’ association with the sinners of his own day. Continue reading
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