Sister Mary Beth Klingel

You spare all things, for they are yours, O God, who loves the living. For your immortal spirit is in all things. (Wisdom 11:26, 12:1) God’s goodness is in all God has created. And, of course, we are part of God’s creation. We are filled with the goodness of God. When Paul wrote to the…

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth…

Jesus told his companions a parable about their need to pray always and not lose heart…. After telling the parable Jesus asked, “Will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry out to God day and night? Will God delay in helping them? I tell you God will quickly grant justice to them.”…

On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves…

The followers of Jesus said to him, “Increase our faith!” And Jesus said, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” (Luke 17:5-6) Faith is a very important virtue, especially when it comes…

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover the dogs came and…

“Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. … You cannot serve God and worldly possessions.” (Luke 16:10, 13) Today’s gospel is from the 16th chapter of St. Luke. Above are only a few verses from the longer…

People who were ordinarily shunned were all drawing near to hear Jesus. Some of the religious leaders murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the…

I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus, appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart … Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for awhile, that you might have him…

For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. (Luke 14:11) This passage is taken from a longer reading in the 14th chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel. Jesus gives examples of what it means to humble ourselves. We live in a world where being humble is not popular….

“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of God, nor lose courage when you are punished by God. For it is the one who is loved that God disciplines, and every child whom God receives is chastised.” Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is…

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you…