Scripture: Hebrews 7:25-8:6Mark 3:7-12 Reflection: Whatever happened to all those people? In today’s Gospel, St. Mark goes out of his way to tell us that there were an awful lot of people who wanted to be with Jesus. He tells…
Scripture: Hebrews 6:10-20Mark 2:23-28 Reflection: Today’s reading from Hebrews exhorts us “to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.” Christianity is unabashedly a religion of hope, and Christians are called to be shining and resilient witnesses of hope,…
Scripture: Isaiah 49:3, 5-61 Corinthians 1:1-3John 1:29-34 Reflection: Is it really true? We’re already in ordinary time! What happened to Christmas and all those special feasts that helped us celebrate the wondrous mystery of the Incarnation, the birth of Christ? …
Scripture: Hebrews 4:1-5, 11Mark 2:1-12 Reflection: One of the things I learned early on in my association with the Passionists is their ability to see new and deeper lessons and insights into the same Gospel time after time. I would…
Scripture: Hebrews 3:7-14Mark 1:40-45 Reflection: Today’s first reading can aptly be described as a warning to periodically check the condition of our hearts lest, in ways we are scarcely aware, they turn us away from what is true, holy, and…
Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-18Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: Women in the Gospel of Mark Today’s gospel depicts Jesus healing Simon’s mother-in-law who was seriously ill with a fever. So much is packed in this brief episode, not the least of which Jesus is…
Scripture: Hebrews 2:5-12Mark 1:21-28 Reflection: Whenever I teach, I hope it makes a difference for attendees. Yet when they tell me how I touched or helped them, it’s hard to know what to say. We aren’t taught to accept compliments,…
Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Reflection: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord What do we do when we find the meaning of life or the key to eternal life? Does it lead to worship? It led the…
Scripture: 1 John 5:14-21John 2:1-11 Reflection: Sing to the LORD a new songof praise in the assembly of the faithful.Let Israel be glad in their maker,let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. -Psalm 149:1-3 When the wine ran…
Scripture: 1 John 5:5-13Mark 1: 7-11 Reflection: I sometimes imagine the day of my baptism in a little frame church in Louisville’s South End, a working-class neighborhood. A grainy black and white brownie camera photo on the front lawn of…