Walking with Jesus: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
For Sunday, August 3, 2025 Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21 Let me ask you a question: What is your life like? I ask the same question of myself: What is my life like as I approach my 84th year, my 58th year in priesthood and in “retirement” (whatever that is)? I’m sure many would reply that the pace of their lives is hectic. It really is hectic. We are constantly on the move, filling our calendars with appointments — doctors, business and friends. Our society is very mobile, speeding from one place to another. Our daily living is driving kids around … caring for elderly parents and/or relatives … helping where we can in parishes, communities, hospitals, nursing homes, volunteer work, and so on. Life seems to be a set of problems to be solved, worked out — and we are “programmed” — “geared” — to get things done quickly. Our days are never long enough. We are surrounded by cell phones, tablets and computers which crave our constant attention. Our socie...