The first question we have to consider is: How do you see? How do you see the world around you, your life, the meaning of it all?

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) – October 19, 2025 St. Joseph – Wichita, KS Exodus 17:8-13; Psalm 121:1-8; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8 The Challenge We…… Read more “Pray Always Without Growing Weary”

Why is an increase of faith so important? I believe in God. I am a Catholic. Why is the need for more faith so important?

Does Jesus see all the crowds as a success? Then why always such harsh and hard words? Perhaps it’s because he’s pointing to the deeper cost of following him. But perhaps this call is a call to greatness.

I’m working on a book: #ThingsJesusNeverSaid. So often we assume Jesus would just tell us to “be kind” and “be a nice person.” But actually, Jesus calls us to greatness, to holiness. But many people are more dedicated to their diet than they are to Christ. Maybe the Lord is calling us higher!

When we get “faith” wrong, everything is threatened. Like a mutated gene, things fall apart before they even get going. But our growth in faith doesn’t come from getting over a “fear” but from developing a deeper relationship with the one in whom we want to place our faith.

A theme in Luke’s Gospel the past several weeks could be summed up in the question, “Quid animo satis? What satisfies the soul?” This week, Jesus reveals that money and possessions will ultimately not satisfy. But in order his saying to truly be accepted, we have to first recognize our own poverty.

So often the “Lord’s Prayer” can be just one more prayer we rattle off, hopefully daily but maybe even not that often. But is Jesus just giving us more words to say? Or is there a deeper something to his teaching us to pray? St. Augustine has a few insights to help.

“The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.”