Solemn Commemoration of the Passion Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12 Hebrews 2:9-18 or 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 19:17-30 Reflection: The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power…
Scripture: James 5:1-6Mark 9:41-50 Reflection: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble (skandalizō), it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. MK…
Scripture: James 4:13-17 Mark 9:38-40 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, we have a lesson that speaks very much to our times. John the apostle goes to Jesus and tells Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in…
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4Matthew 16:13-19 Reflection: Lord, it seems so counterintuitive to love my enemy. Somedays I feel surrounded by the opposite message. News outlets, social media, neighborhood protests, someone screaming over the back fence… The way information is…
Feast of Saint Peter Damian Scripture: James 3:13-18Mark 9:14-29 Reflection: In the first reading from the letter of St. James there are some key take aways. 1) It is important to pray for wisdom daily as an important element in…
Scripture: I Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23I Corinthians 16: 45-49Luke 6: 27-38 Reflection: The readings today really do pull us way out of our comfort zones! In the reading from Samuel, we have the story from the early days…
Scripture: James 3:1-10Mark 9:2-13 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, we hear the account in Mark’s Gospel of the Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of the apostles Peter, James and John. These three get a glimpse of Jesus’…
Scripture: James 2:14-24, 26Mark 8: 34-9:1 Reflection: We all have gone to a funeral home and viewed the body of a loved one or friend. They are lifeless, their spirit has departed. In today’s first reading, James makes it clear…
Scripture: James 2:1-9 Mark 8:27-33 Reflection Today’s gospel begins with Jesus and his disciples making their way to “the villages around Caesarea Philippi.” As they are walking, Jesus poses a question that would make any of us pause: “Who do…
Scripture: James 1:19-27Mark 8:22-26 Reflection: When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.…