Daily Scripture, January 27, 2022
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 Mark 4:21-25 Reflection: The reading from Mark today asks us if we have a lamp, do we hide it or put it on a table so the light can illuminate everything around it? We must…
The Passionists of Holy Cross Province | Los Pasionistas Provincia Santa Cruz
The Passionists of Holy Cross Province are a family of priests, brothers and laity who reach out with compassion to the crucified of today. We keep alive the memory of Christ’s Passion through our commitment to community, prayer, ministries of the Word and service to those who suffer.
Los Pasionistas de la Provincia Santa Cruz formamos una familia de sacerdotes, hermanos religiosos y laicos que se extienden con compasión a los crucificados de hoy. Mantenemos viva la memoria de la Pasión de Cristo mediante nuestro compromiso con la vida comunitaria, la oración, los ministerios de la Palabra y el servicio a quienes sufren.
Daily Scripture, January 26, 2022
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5Mark 4:1-20 Reflection: The Parable of the Sower in today’s Gospel from St. Mark is one of the most familiar stories in scripture. We know what happens to the seed once it is sown.…
Daily Scripture, January 25, 2022
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul Scripture: Acts 22:3-16Mark 16:15-18 Reflection: We’ve all heard talk of “Road to Damascus” experiences where a person undergoes a dramatic conversion experience as a result of a direct and overwhelming experience of the…
Daily Scripture, January 24, 2022
Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:1-7, 10Mark 3:22-30 Reflection: Prayer, Remaining in His Love These words in John’s Gospel have to be some of the most remarkable in the New Testament! “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved…
Daily Scripture, January 23, 2022
Scripture: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Reflection: In our first reading from Nehemiah, the people of Israel have returned from exile, and Ezra the priest assembles the people together and reads God’s Law to them. The…
Daily Scripture, January 22, 2022
Scripture: 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 Mark 3, 20-21 Reflection: Jesus is followed by a crowd wanting to hear and be with Him. So many of them crowd into the house where He was staying that neither He nor…
Daily Scripture, January 21, 2022
Scripture: I Samuel 24: 3-21Mark3:13-19 Reflection: Saul then said to David: “You are in the right rather than I; you have treated me generously, while I have done you harm.” (I Samuel 24: 18) In today’s first reading Saul is…
Daily Scripture, January 20, 2022
Scripture: I Samuel 18: 6-7; 19: 1-7Mark 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…
Daily Scripture, January 19, 2022
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51Mark 3:1-6 Reflection: Everything that Jesus sought in his life and ministry is revealed in today’s gospel. Jesus walks into a synagogue where there was a man “who had a withered hand.” Like so many…
Daily Scripture, January 18, 2022
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13Mark 2:23-28 Reflection: Jesus has just healed a man who was a paralytic. He also spoke of one of the great acts of religion which is fasting. The Pharisees notice that the disciples of Jesus are making…