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Gospel Reflection for September 30, 2018, 26th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Numbers 11.25-29; James 5.1-6; Mark 9.38-48 “Whoever is not against us is for us.” – Mark 9.40 Often in our disgustingly polarized times, activists, liberal and conservative, reverse Jesus’ saying and eliminate the middle ground. They insist whoever is not for us is against us. Middle ground is liminal space, valuable to preserve for exploring what […]

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Gospel Reflection for August 27, 2017, 21st Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Isaiah 22.19-23, Romans 11.33-36, Matthew 16.13-20 “Who do people say that I am?” – Matthew 16.14 Jesus asks his disciples this question, “Who do people say that I am?”, halfway through his public ministry. Is he the long-awaited leader that prophets dreamed would bring peace? His disciples think so. Is her God’s servant

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Gospel Reflection for August 20, 2017, 20th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Isaiah 56.1, 6-7; Romans 11.13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15.21-28 “It is not faith to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs,” Jesus said, but the Canaanite women said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” – Matthew 15.26-27 In

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Gospel Reflection for February 5, 2017, 5th Sunday Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings: Isaiah 58.7-10; 1 Corinthians 2.1-5; Matthew 5.13-16 “You are the salt of the earth….You are the light of the world.” – Matthew 5.13-14 Salt became a precious commodity because it allowed fish and meat to be dried and cured to last a long time. By comparing his disciples to salt, Jesus encourages them

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Gospel Reflection for January 22, 2017, 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Isaiah 8.23-9.3; 1 Corinthians 1.10-13, 17; Matthew 4.12-23 Jesus said “Come, follow me. I want you to gather people into your nets.” – Matthew 4.19 As his first action in his public ministry, Jesus calls four fishermen to accompany and follow him. From the beginning Jesus gathers companions. In fact, it is for

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Gospel Reflection for June 26, 2016, 13th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: 1 Kings 19.16, 19-21; Galatians 5.1, 13-18; Luke 9.51-62 “As the days were being fulfilled for Jesus to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” (Luke 9.51) The men and women who follow Jesus as disciples serve an apprenticeship on the journey to Jerusalem. They are on the road

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Music and the Gospel: “Am I Wrong,” Nico & Vinz; 2nd Sunday of Easter

Nico & Vinz share their struggle of feeling alone when they think outside the box and strive for something beyond their reach. They reassure themselves that persevering on this journey will make them grow. In the music video, we see that although they are physically alone at times, they are both on the same journey.

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Independence Day: A reflection by Joan Mitchell, CSJ

This weekend, the people of the United States go to parks, play and swim, eat hot dogs, and watch red, white and blue fireworks cascade, explode, and spill down dark night skies. The Fourth of July celebrates the signing of this nation’s Declaration of Independence from England and George III in 1776. We come to

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