Gary Fritsch

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102925.cfm A while back I had been doing some hiking with my wife and the path was pretty generous and allowed us to walk side by side. Occasionally, however, the path would become more narrow and we would have to walk single file along the path. I remember having read today's Gospel that day and I considered Jesus' words in a whole new light. The question posed to Jesus in today's Gospel is not about 'is it hard to enter' it is about quantity. Will many...

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102825.cfm Over the course of human history, a great deal of effort has been expended by many in the interest of one thing: building their legacy. How will they be remembered? What will others say of them when they die? Monuments, buildings, parks, libraries, companies – all bear the name of individuals (or their heirs) seeking to establish their legacy. Many of these people did great things, some of those great things were also ‘GOOD’ things. Jesus...

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102725.cfm I think that we might all have a different idea of what rest and relaxation looks like, and I have had this conversation with many people when it comes to appropriately honoring the Lord's Day. Today's Gospel gives us more to consider than you might imagine on the surface. Recently in a session of The SEARCH, a program which walks through the key tenets of Christianity over seven weeks, I was asked: why did God have to rest on the seventh day,...