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.…
Scripture: James 1:12-18Mark 8:14-21 Reflection: Why do you conclude that it is because you have not bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Oh, when my kids were teenagers – how many times did I hear… we have nothing…
Scripture: James 1:1-11Mark 8:11-13 Reflection: No human being is a stranger to suffering because suffering comes to all of us. The question, then, is not whether we will suffer, but how will we respond to it? This is one way…