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Gospel Reflection for September 6, 2020 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Ezekiel 33.7-8; Romans 13.8-10; Matthew 18.15-20 “For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” – Matthew 18.20 In Sunday’s gospel Matthew outlines what to do when one disciple harms another. Making a judgment or establishing what is true is both an individual and a collective search. Individually we look at consequences and […]

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Gospel Reflection for August 30, 2020 – 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 20.7-9; Romans 12.1-2; Matthew 16.21-27 “From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. Peter took him aside and began

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August 23, 2020 – 21st Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Isaiah 22.18-23; Romans 11.33-36, Matthew 16.13-20 When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples this. “Who do people says the Son of Man is?” The disciples answered, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “And you, who do

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Gospel Reflection for August 16, 2020 – 20th Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Isaiah 56.1,6-7; Romans 11.13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15.21-28 The woman came and knelt before Jesus, saying, “Lord, help me.” Jesus said in reply, “It’s not right to throw the children’s bread to the dogs.” She said, “Please, Lord , even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” – Matthew 15.25-27

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Gospel Reflection for August 9, 2020 – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: 1 Kings 19.9,11-13; Romans 9.1-5; Matthew 14.22-33 “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” – Matthew 14.27 Both the prophet Elijah and the apostle Peter live and lead in unsettled times and experience questions we are asking today. Where is God in this mess? Where is Jesus in this cross wind? Like them we

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Gospel Reflection for July 5, 2020 – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Zechariah 9.9-10; Romans 8.9, 11-13; Matthew 11.25-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew11.28 The Wisdom books of the Hebrew Bible personify our human capacity of knowing as Lady Wisdom, who is with God from the beginning and in whom

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