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Gospel Reflection for September 15, 2019, 24th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Exodus 32.7-11,13-14; 1 Timothy 1.12-17; Luke 15.1-32 The tax-collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus, at which the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” – Luke 15.1 The parables that lure sinners and prostitutes to seek out Jesus feature a shepherd’s lost sheep, a […]

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Gospel Reflection for September 8, 2019, 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Wisdom 9.13-18; Philomen 9-10,12-17; Luke 14.25-33 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, spouse and children, brothers and sisters, yes even life itself, cannot be my follower. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” – Luke 14.26-27 Our relationship with God comes first. It’s

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Gospel Reflection for September 1, 2019, 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Sirach 3.17-18, 20, 28-29; Hebrews 12.18-19, 22-24; Luke 14.87-14 “Then Jesus spoke to the one who had invited him to the meal: When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. They may invite you in return. But when you give

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Gospel Reflection for August 25, 2019, 21st Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Isaiah 66.18-21; Hebrews 12.5-7, 11.13; Luke 13.22-30 Someone asked Jesus, “Teacher, will only a few be saved?” Jesus said, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able” – Luke 13.34 A doorway or threshold is a liminal space. The word limen

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Gospel Reflection for August 18, 2019, 20th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 38.4-6,9=8-10; Hebrews 12.1-4; Luke 12.49-53 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled. I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth?

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Gospel Reflection for August 11, 2019, 19th Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Wisdom 18.6-9; Hebrews 11.1-2, 8-19; Luke 12.32-48 “Bear this in mind: If a householder could know just when the thief would break in, the householder would never leave the house to be broken into! You have to be ready the same way, for the Son of Man will come at an hour you don’t

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Gospel Reflection for August 4, 2019, 18th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Ecclesiastes 1.2; 2.21-23; Colossians 3.1-5,9-11; Luke 12.13-21 “You fool! This night your life will be demanded of you. To whom will all this piled up wealth of yours go?” – Luke 12.20 In Jesus’ parable a man builds bigger granaries for an abundant harvest and keeps the surplus for himself. These blessings in reserve

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Gospel Reflection for July 28, 2019, 17th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.20-32; Colossians 2.12-14; Luke 11.1-13 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” – Luke 11.9 To pray that God’s name be hallowed and that God’s kingdom come is to acknowledge that all barriers to love must be dissolved.

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Gospel Reflection for July 21, 2019, 16th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.1-10; Colossians 1.24-28; Luke 10.38-42 “Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her home. She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teachings” – Luke 10.38-39 In Sunday’s gospel Mary sits at Jesus’ feet to listen to his

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