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Gospel Reflection for June 22, 2025 – Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ

Sunday Readings: Genesis 14.18-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26; Luke 9.11-17 “Then, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven, pronounced a blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to his disciples for distribution to the crowd. They all ate until they had enough. What was left filled twelve baskets” […]

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Gospel Reflection for December 1, 2023 – 1st Sunday of Advent

Sunday Readings: Isaiah 63.16-17, 19; 64.2-7; 1 Corinthians 1.3-9; Mark 13.33-37 Jesus said to his disciples. “Watch! Stay awake! You do not know when the appointed time will come. It will be like a householder going on a journey who leaves home, puts his slaves in charge, each with tasks, and orders the doorkeeper to

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Gospel Reflection for November 26, 2023 – Feast of Christ the King

Sunday Readings: Ezekiel 34.11-12, 15-17; 1 Corinthians 15.20-26, 28; Matthew 25.31-46 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Then the King will say, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and

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Gospel Reflection for November 12, 2023 – 32nd Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Wisdom 6.12-16 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 Matthew 25.1-13 Jesus told this parable to his disciples. “The reign of God can be likened to ten young women who took their lamps and went out to welcome a bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five wise. The foolish girls took their lamps but brought no

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March 27, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Lent

Joshua 5.9, 10-12; 2 Corinthians 5.17-21; Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 “Child, you are with me always, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice! This brother of yours was dead and lives again. He was lost and is found” (Luke 15.31-32). Which son is lost? The one who cuts his family

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Gospel Reflection for December 12, 2021 – 3rd Sunday of Advent

Sunday Readings: Zephaniah 3.14-18; Philippians 4.4-7; Luke 3.10-18 Crowds of people came to hear John the Baptist and seek the baptism of repentance he proclaimed. Crowds asked, “John, what should we do?” John answered: “Let people with two coats give to people who have none. People who have lots of food should do the same.” Tax

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Gospel Reflection for December 5, 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Advent

Sunday Readings: Baruch 5.1-9; Philippians 1.4-6, 8-11; Luke 3.1-6 John the Baptist went about the whole region around the Jordan River preaching. “Turn away from your sins and be baptized. If you repent, God will forgive you.” When people heard John, they remembered what was written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. “A herald’s voice in

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Gospel Reflection for October 17, 2021 – 29th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Isaiah 53.10-11; Hebrews 4.14-16; Mark 10.35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, asked Jesus, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” Jesus said, “What is it you want me to do for you?” “When you sit on your throne in your glorious kingdom, we want to

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Gospel Reflection for September 26, 2021 – 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 This Sunday the disciple John raises a question about who can act in Jesus’ name. “Teacher, someone is casting out demons in your name.” John admits that he and the other disciples stopped the man. He was not one of their

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Gospel Reflection for September 19, 2021 – 25th Sunday Ordinary Time

Sunday Readings: Wisdom 2.12, 17-20, James 3.16—4.3, Mark 9.30-37 Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you arguing about on the way?” They were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. Jesus sat down, called the twelve around him, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last

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