My heart goes out to parents who lost a child in death! It is devastating, and the sorry seems never to go away. Yet, we may know a friend who is as good as dead, perhaps from despair or loss of meaning in their lives. Have you reached out to someone like this and could not get through? It leaves an empty feeling in your heart.
Welcome to the world of Jesus. The emptiness we experience is a doorway to Jesus’ compassion for our friend. Jesus reached out to the widow’s son’s coffin and touched it. That was a taboo in His culture. That gesture made Him unclean. But He did it anyway.
Perhaps we need to ask him for so much compassion on someone we can’t help that Jesus will reach out through us and tell the person we carry in our hearts, “Rise! Get up!”
July 14, 2026Matthew 11:20-24https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071426.cfm Woe! The words of Jesus, “Woe to you, Chorazin, and Bethsaida,” may sound harsh, but theycarry a concerned urgency. It’s a
July 13, 2026Matthew 10:34-11:1https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071326.cfm Is Jesus Out of His Mind, or Is He Worth Everything? We think nothing of a man and a woman falling
July 12, 2026Matthew 13:1-9https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071226.cfm Jesus and the Draft. Drafts play an important role in sports. Colleges recruit high school students who standout for talent and
July 11, 2026 Matthew 10:24-33https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071126.cfm Like the Master – like the Teacher Teachers and coaches have an innate quality of wanting to help others succeed.
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time
September 17, 2024, Luke 7:11-17
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091724.cfm
“I Command You; Get Up!”
My heart goes out to parents who lost a child in death! It is devastating, and the sorry seems never to go away. Yet, we may know a friend who is as good as dead, perhaps from despair or loss of meaning in their lives. Have you reached out to someone like this and could not get through? It leaves an empty feeling in your heart.
Welcome to the world of Jesus. The emptiness we experience is a doorway to Jesus’ compassion for our friend. Jesus reached out to the widow’s son’s coffin and touched it. That was a taboo in His culture. That gesture made Him unclean. But He did it anyway.
Perhaps we need to ask him for so much compassion on someone we can’t help that Jesus will reach out through us and tell the person we carry in our hearts, “Rise! Get up!”
Love Your Neighbor!
Fr. Rick Pilger, I.C.
Pastor@bscchurch.com
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