The elder son tells his father, “For years now I have slaved for you. I never disobeyed one of your orders, yet you never gave me so much as a kid goat to celebrate with my friends. Then, when this son of yours returns after having gone through your property with loose women, you kill […]
Gospel Reflection for September 11, 2022 – 24th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 9.13-18; Philomen 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14.25-33 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned to them. “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
Gospel Reflection for September 4, 2022 – 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Sirach 3.17-18, 20, 28-29, Hebrews 12.18-19, 22-24, Luke 14.1, 7-14 Jesus spoke to the leader of the Pharisees who had invited him to the meal. “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors. They may invite you in return,
Gospel Reflection for August 28, 2022 – 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 66.18-21, Hebrews 12.5-7, 11-13, Luke 13.22-30 Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. A person asked him this question. “Teacher, will only a few be saved?” Jesus replied, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter
Gospel Reflection for August 21, 2022 – 21st Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 38.4-6,8-10; Hebrews 12.1-4; Luke 12.49-53 Jesus said, “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 that I have come to bring peace
Gospel Reflection for August 14, 2022 – 20th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 18.6-9, Hebrews 11.1-2, 8-19, Luke 12.32-48 Do not live in fear, little flock. It has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give alms. Make investments that never depreciate; establish inexhaustible accounts for yourselves in the heavens. For wherever your treasure is, there your heart will be, too.
Gospel Reflection for August 7, 2022 – 19th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Ecclesiastes 1.2; 2.21-23, Colossians 3.1-5, 9-11, Luke 12.13-2 Jesus told the crowd this parable. The land of a rich person produced abundantly. He thought to himself, “What shall I do? I have no place to store my harvest. I know. I will pull down my grain bins and build larger ones. All my grain
Gospel Reflection for July 31, 2022 – 18th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.20-32, Colossians 2.12-14, Luke 11.1-13 Once when Jesus was in a certain place praying and when he had finished, one of his disciples said: “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Jesus replied, “Say this when you pray: ‘Father, may your name be held holy; your kingdom come; give us
Gospel Reflection for July 24, 2022 – 17th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
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. Martha, who was busy with all the details of hospitality, came to Jesus and said: Lord, is
Gospel Reflection for July 17, 2022 – 16th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 30.10-14; Colossians 1.15-20; Luke 10.25-37 The lawyer asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus told this parable: There was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho who fell in with robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and then went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down the same
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