Summer winds down, and the liturgical calendar begins to heat up.

At Masses around the world every day, millions of people, in the words of the gospel, “eat and drink” with the Lord. Would Jesus disown any of them, the way the master does in the gospel story?

Jesus once used a metaphor we don’t hear today that’s good to keep in mind when we hear this passage proclaimed. It’s the one about how new wine just doesn’t fit in old wine skins.

A prominent woman in my community, a 103-year-old named Gloria, takes staying active in her golden years to a new level.

It is uncomfortable to hear Jesus say that he has come not for peace but for division—“to set the Earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!”

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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