Sunday Readings: Acts 1.1-11; Ephesians 1.17-23; Mark 16.15-20 “Then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. They went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs” (Mark 16.19-20). Sunday’s gospel […]
Gospel Reflection for May 12, 2o24 – Ascension Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 9.26-31; 1 John 3.18-24; John 15.1-8 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me (John 15.3). Sunday’s gospel comes from Jesus’ farewell to his disciples after the last supper. The image
Gospel Reflection for April 28, 2024 – 5th Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 4.8-12; 1 John 3.1-2; John 10.11-18 I am the good shepherd. Good shepherds lay down their lives for their sheep (John 10.11). Good shepherds accompany their sheep night and day, spend their lives finding pasture and water, and lay down their lives to protect them if need be. The whole of chapter
Gospel Reflection for April 21, 2024 – 4th Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.14, 22-33; 1 Peter 1.17-21; Luke 24.13-35 On the first day of the week, two disciples were going their way to a village named Emmaus seven miles distant from Jerusalem. They were talking to one another about all that had happened. As they were talking and discussing, Jesus came near and began
Gospel Reflection for April 23, 2024 – 3rd Sunday of Easter Read More »
Sunday Readings: Acts 10.34, 37-43; Colossians 3.1-4 (Vigil: Mark 16.1-7); John 20.1-18 “I have seen the Lord,” Mary Magdalene announces to the community of Jesus’ disciples when she returns from encountering her Teacher on Easter morning (John 20.18). Jesus sends her as the apostle to the apostles to tell them, “I am going to my
Gospel Reflection for March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday Read More »
Sunday Readings: Mark 11.1-10; Isaiah 50.4-7; Philippians 2.6-11; Mark 14.1-15.47 During the meal Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take this; this is my body.” In the same way he took a cup, gave thanks, and passed it to them, and all drank from it. “This is
Gospel Reflection for March 24, 2024 – Palm/Passion Sunday Read More »
Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 31.31-34; Hebrews 5.7-9; John 12.20-33 Jesus spoke to Philip and Andrew. “The hour has come when the Son of Man will be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it will bear much fruit.
Gospel Reflection for March 17, 2024 – 5th Sunday of Lent Read More »
Sunday Readings: 2 Chronicles 36.14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2.4-10; John 3.14-21 Jesus spoke to Nicodemus. “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whoever believes may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that God gave God’s only begotten Son, that
Gospel Reflection for March 10, 2024 – 4th Sunday of Lent Read More »
Sunday Readings: Exodus 20.1-17; 1 Corinthians 1.22-25; John 2.13-25 The Jewish Passover was near. Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and money changers sitting at tables. Jesus made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple—sheep, oxen, money changers. He poured
Gospel Reflection for March 3, 2024 – 3rd Sunday of Lent Read More »
Sunday Readings: Genesis 22.1-2, 9, 10-13, 15-18; Romans 8.31-34; Mark 9.2-10 Jesus led Peter, James, and John up a high mountain apart by themselves. He was transformed before their eyes. His clothes became dazzling white—whiter than snow, whiter than any bleach on earth could make them. Then they saw Elijah and Moses; they were talking
Gospel Reflection for February 25, 2024 – 2nd Sunday of Lent Read More »