Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 33.14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3.12—4.2; Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 People will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with great power and glory. When these things happen, stand straight and lift up your heads, for your redemption is near at hand (Luke 21.27-28). The Son of Man coming on a cloud in […]
Gospel Reflection for December 1, 2024 – 1st Sunday of Advent Read More »
Sunday Readings: Daniel 7.13-14; Revelation 1.5-8; John 18.33-37 Pilate, the Roman governor, summoned Jesus again and asked him, “So, then, are you a king?” Jesus answered, “It is you who say I am a king? The reason I was born, the reason why I came into the world, is to testify to the truth. Anyone
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, November 24, 2024 – Feast of Christ the King Read More »
Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 31.7-9, Hebrews 5.1-6, Mark 10.46-52 People in the crowd heard the blind man shouting to Jesus. “Get up,” they told him, “Jesus is calling you.” Bartimaeus threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus, who said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Teacher, I want
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, October 27, 2024 – 30th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 7.7-11; Hebrews 4.12-13; Mark 10.17-27 The rich young man said to Jesus, “Ever since I was a child, I have obeyed all these commandments.” Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, “You need to do only one thing more. Go and sell what you have and give to the
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, October 13, 2024 – 28th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Genesis 2.18-24; Hebrews 2.9-11; Mark 10.2-4, 6-9, 12 Some Pharisees came up to Jesus and asked him a question as a test. “Tell us, does the Law allow a husband to divorce his wife?” Jesus said to them, “What law did Moses give you?” The Pharisees replied, “Moses gave permission for a husband
Gospel Reflection for October 6, 2024 – 27th Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 4.8-12; 1 John 3.1-2; John 10.11-18 I am the good shepherd. Good shepherds lay down their lives for their sheep (John 10.11). Good shepherds accompany their sheep night and day, spend their lives finding pasture and water, and lay down their lives to protect them if need be. The whole of chapter
Gospel Reflection for April 21, 2024 – 4th Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.14, 22-33; 1 Peter 1.17-21; Luke 24.13-35 On the first day of the week, two disciples were going their way to a village named Emmaus seven miles distant from Jerusalem. They were talking to one another about all that had happened. As they were talking and discussing, Jesus came near and began
Gospel Reflection for April 23, 2024 – 3rd Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 10.34, 37-43; Colossians 3.1-4 (Vigil: Mark 16.1-7); John 20.1-18 “I have seen the Lord,” Mary Magdalene announces to the community of Jesus’ disciples when she returns from encountering her Teacher on Easter morning (John 20.18). Jesus sends her as the apostle to the apostles to tell them, “I am going to my
Gospel Reflection for March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday Read More »
Sunday Readings: 2 Chronicles 36.14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2.4-10; John 3.14-21 Jesus spoke to Nicodemus. “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whoever believes may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that God gave God’s only begotten Son, that
Gospel Reflection for March 10, 2024 – 4th Sunday of Lent Read More »
Sunday Readings: Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1.22-25; John 2.13-25 The Jewish Passover was near. Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and money changers sitting at tables. Jesus made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple—sheep, oxen, money changers. He poured
Gospel Reflection for March 3, 2024 – 3rd Sunday of Lent Read More »