Scripture Readings: Genesis 18.20-32; Colossians 2.12-14; Luke 11.1-13 Jesus said, “Say this when you pray: Father, may you name be held holy; your kingdom come…” Jesus encourages us to pray for “the kingdom,” the vision he has for a just and loving society and world. To pray that God’s name be hallowed and that God’s kingdom come […]
Gospel Reflection for July 24, 2016, 17th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
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
Gospel Reflection for June 26, 2016, 13th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Proverbs 8.22-31; Romans 5.1-5; John 16.12-15 “The Spirit will glorify me because the Spirit will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16.14) Most Christians grasp as Creator and God as incarnate Son more easily than an image of God as Spirit and guide. We see the creator in parents
Gospel Reflection for May 22, 2016, Trinity Sunday Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 10.34, 37-43; Colossians 3.1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5.6-8; John 20.1-9 (10-18) Mary Magdelene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord.” (John 20.18) The act of raising Jesus from the dead reveals who God is — the one who gives life. By accepting death, Jesus reveals that God’s power
Gospel Reflection for March 27, 2016, Easter Sunday Read More »
What’s more Catholic than fish dinners? Did you know the fish is an ancient Christian symbol? The word for fish in Greek is ichtus, pronounced ick-toose. The word fish in Greek letters look like: The first Christians, who were sometimes persecuted for their faith in Jesus, made an acrostic out of this word. In an
Sunday Readings: Deuteronomy 26.4-10; Romans 10.8-13; Luke 4.1-13 “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for scripture has it, ‘God will bid angels to watch over you,’ and ‘With their hands they will lift you up so that you do not stumble upon a stone.’” (Luke 4.9-11) The devil’s third and climatic
Gospel Reflection for February 14, 2016, 1st Sunday of Lent Read More »
Scripture Readings: Jeremiah 1.4-5, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 13.4-13; Luke 4.21-30 “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4.21) These words begin Jesus’ inaugural sermon in Luke’s gospel. In last Sunday’s gospel Jesus read a passage from Isaiah that describes a prophet whom the Spirit anoints and appoints to bring good news to the
Gospel Reflection for January 31, 2016, 4th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Nehemiah 8.2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12.12-30; Luke 1.1-4, 4.14-21 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; God has anointed and sent me to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty for captives, sight for the blind, release to prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the Lord.” (Luke
Gospel Reflection for January 24, 2016, 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Sunday Readings: Micah 5.1-4; Hebrews 10.5-10; Luke 1.39-45 “Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice, ‘Blessed are you among women and blessed is the child of your womb.’” (Luke 1.41-42) The encounter between Mary and her kinswoman Elizabeth is spiritually electric. Each woman has responded to God alone.
Gospel Reflection for December 20, 2015, 4th Sunday of Advent Read More »
Sunday Readings: Baruch 5.1-9; Philippians 1.4-6, 8-11; Luke 3.1-6 When people heard John, they remembered what was written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. A herald’s voice in the desert cries out, “Make ready a road for God. Clear a straight path for God. Every valley shall be filled; every mountain and hill shall
Gospel Reflection for December 6, 2015, 2nd Sunday of Advent Read More »