Author Archives: dvincent

Please read the passage before the commentary.             He paid those who worked one hour as much as he paid those who worked all day!  Aren’t we all one-hour workers?  It was the vineyard’s owner who paid those who had … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. “Keeping the Ten Commandments is not enough!”  That sounds provocative.  Jesus said that one thing was lacking, that sell what we have and give to the poor and, after all that, to follow … Continued

August 16, 2026; Isaiah 56:1,6-7 Please read the passage before the commentary. ish. She had no standing in the Jewish community.  She recognizes Jesus as Lord, that is as the God of Israel.  She also calls him Son of David … Continued

Por favor lean este pasaje antes del comentario. Por favor lean este pasaje antes del comentario. Esta mujer cananea no era judía.  No tenía ninguna posición en la comunidad judía.  Ella reconoció a Jesús como el Señor, que decían es … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. Male and female he created them.  How many genders did God create?  The answer is all of them.  When the biblical authors think of the first and last in a listing, or of … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. The context here is reconciliation within the community.  If a brother sins against you, the process moves from one on one, through two or three on one, to the church community with one.  … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. I am not an expert farmer or gardener.   I know some things and others I do not.  I do know that the more seeds we sow the more crop we can get.  The … Continued

Please read the commentary before the homily. Last week, Matthew told how Jesus had multiplied the loaves and fishes to feed the five thousand.  Then he had gone up the mountain to pray and his disciples had left by boat … Continued

Por favor lean este pasaje antes del comentario. El relato de San Mateo cómo Jesús alimentó a los cinco mil hombres en el desierto sigue su relato del banquete que Herodes había dado en el cual mandó la decapitar a … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. We are born naked.  We spend a lifetime adding clothing, money, things of all kinds.  We die naked: nothing of what we have added to our resumes do we take with us to … Continued