Mind Of Man, Mind Of God

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Fortitude is the only explanation for how we're doing this today. Faith? Service with no reward. It's going to be so much better next time. (Random sound issues.)

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Bridging the great divide. Wanting some positive feedback now; good luck with that. Empathy, without doormatness. (We have different noise now in an attempt to fix it; this is probably worse. But it is different. It would be good to get some fidelity back too.)

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mammon, mommon, mommog; not a long code path. Greed and dishonesty and love of power. Don't steal from the poor, but maybe it's okay from the rich. (We know what the noise is!! Now to fix it...)

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God's mercy and forgiveness, and our repentance; it's a matched set. Seeking the lost. Being lost might be a better job: you get the party. Metanoia: being different after repentance. (I don't think we lost the noise yet...)

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Signing up for God's will; you'll usually be surprised. Giving up everything you're relying on -- seems a little radical. Making the commitment in a big way. Then... it's a roller coaster ride. Annulment anyone? Blueprints.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Being humble enough to give service, without relinquishing your self-worth. Using humility to get some kudos -- now we're talking.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Discipline is good, but we don't like it. Trying to get your green Hummer down the narrow path. Excess as the result of the perversion of our deepest wants and needs. To love is probably a better answer than to be loved.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Being a prophet: it's not popular. Change versus the system, preservation opposed to progress; not really peaceful. Truth or peacekeeping in relationships.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Perseverance in the face of adversity. You look stupid. Getting beaten because you know more. New segment, topic of the day: monogamy.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Greed and vanity. Dave thinks he knows what matters to God. Rainer is just crabby. How do you know if you are winning? More questions than answers. Materialism.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Being a good host. Leaving the door open for the outsider, for the unexpected. Dealing with the stuff versus being with your guest. Being receptive, allowing God to work. Creating some space amidst the noise.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Letter of the law: blurring the lines. Trying to justify your actions. Making rules doesn't end the game: you still have to play, and the rules don't cover everything. The Law is written in your heart.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Body things relative to the Covenants. Security in abundance. Advance men for the Kingdom; you need to work on this. Wolves. What if we actually cared about our Christian duty?

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Cranky prophets. Using this hyperbole to wander into heresies. Burning your bridges so you can't welch on your commitment, so you take your best shot. You don't need to be flawless to do good work.

Hey! We got an opening jingle! Cool!

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Acting beyond the law, following or ignoring the rules, acting from your passion, being forgiven because of your love and faith. I guess if you have no love or faith we don't have to forgive you. Father's Day.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Melchizedek as a random interloper. Body images and being fed. Dave is on a cell phone; there's some crackles. Fundamentalists rejecting difficult literalism. Anti-Catholicism and it's cause all in one.

Trinity Sunday. Various heresies (that we're espousing). Random philosophies and numbers. Interactions of the Spirit with other members of the Trinity. We have bad theology and bad biology!

Pentecost. Hiding in a room. Tangents. Spirituality and the flesh. Doing what the Spirit prompts. The body as a microcosm of the macrocosm. And a lame ending...

Sixth Sunday of Easter. Ecumenical councils: Jerusalem vs Vatican II. Reacting to reaction. Marketing vs Protecting. A lot of versus... Happy Mother's Day!