Sunday Readings: Exodus 24.3-8; Hebrews 9.11-15; Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 A colleague who helps primary children prepare for First Communion has a wonderful way to help them understand at their level what eating and drinking Jesus’ body and blood is about. She tells them how much she liked chocolate chip cookies when she was a child like […]
Gospel Reflection for June 6, 2021 – Body and Blood of Christ Read More »
Sunday Readings: Deuteronomy 4.32-24,39-40; Romans 8.14-17; Matthew 28.16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. When they saw him, they fell down in homage; but some doubted. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go
Gospel Reflection for May 30, 2021 – Trinity Sunday Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.1-11; 1 Corinthians 12.3-7, 12-13; John 20.19-23 “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ After this, he
Gospel Reflection for May 23, 2021 – Pentecost Sunday Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 1.1-11; Ephesians 1.17-23; Mark 16.15-20 “Go into the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” – Mark 16.15 Theologically the Feast of the Ascension celebrates the risen Jesus’ return to God — the culmination of the paschal mystery and promise of our own life with God. In Sunday’s first reading Jesus says
Gospel Reflection for May 16, 2021 – Ascension Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 10.25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John4.7-10; John 15.9-17 “This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. There is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15.12-13 Jesus refers to his closest followers not only as disciples but as friends, freely chosen companions who
Gospel Reflection for May 9, 2021- 6th Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 9.26-3; 1 John 3.18-24; John 15.1-8 “Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.” – John 15.4 A vine is a single plant. All its branches share the life its roots draw from the soil
Gospel Reflection for May 2, 2021 – 5th Sunday of Easter Read More »
Scripture Readings: Acts 4.8-12; 1 John 3.1-2; John 10.11-18 “I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and mine know me, just as the Father know me and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.” – John 10.14-15 Many of us live in close relationship with animals. We have met each others’
Gospel Reflection for April 25, 2021 – 4th Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 3.13-15,17-19; 1 John 2.1-5; Luke 24.35-48 The two disciples returned to Jerusalem and explained to the eleven and those gathered with them what had happened on the road to Emmaus and how Jesus was known to them in the breaking of bread. While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst
Gospel Reflection for April 18, 2021 – 3rd Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 4.32-35; 1 John 5.1-6; John 20.19-31 Jesus said to the disciples, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” He breathed on them, saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven them; if you hold them bound, they are held bound.”
Gospel Reflection for April 11, 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Easter Read More »
Scripture Readings: Acts 20.34, 37-43; Colossians 3.1-4; John 20.1-9 “While it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away, so she ran off to Simon, Peter, and the beloved disciple and told them.” – John 20.1-2 Our world is global now. Our story of creation is much
Gospel Reflection for April 4, 2021 – Easter Sunday Read More »