Scripture: Acts 16:11-15John 15:26-16:4a Reflection: It was just over one month ago that Pope Francis died. We probably all anticipated it and maybe were even surprised when he came home from the hospital and participated, as best he could, in…
Scripture: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23john 14:23-29 Reflection: As I read our first reading for this Sunday (Acts 15:1-2, 22-29), I found myself returning to some things that have been on my mind for some time: How do we see…
Scripture: Acts 16:1-10John 15:18-21 Reflection: Providence of God “They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they…
Scripture: Acts 15:22-31John 15:12-17 Reflection: In our first reading from Acts, we have the outcome from the meeting held in Jerusalem around the question whether Gentiles who had converted to Christianity had to become circumcised according to the Mosaic law…
Scripture: Acts 15:7-21John 15:9-11 Reflection: I wonder why it pleases a person to be told time stands still when you look into her face, but not to say her face would stop a clock. Why?I wonder why, when a preacher…
Scripture: Acts 15:1-6John 15: 1-8 Reflection: Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.-John 15:5 Have you ever forgotten where you put your car? In the Catholic grade school…
Scripture: Acts 14:19-28John 14:27-31a Reflection: A Pilgrim Church, But Never Alone Acts can serve as a template for the Church of today. The Holy Spirit guides the growing Church as it makes its way to the ends of the earth…
Scripture: Acts 14:5-18John 14:21-26 Reflection: Today’s first reading from Acts begins with a crowd wanting to murder Paul and Barnabas and ends with another crowd wanting to worship them like gods. This is a dramatic illustration of the fickle nature…
Scripture: Acts 14:21-27Revelation 21:1-5aJohn 13:31-33a, 34-35 Reflection: During the height of the Covid pandemic, there was a lot of discussion around living under a “new normal.” In some ways, I wanted there to be a “new normal,’ not in the…
Scripture: Acts 13:44-52John 14:7-14 Reflection: There is a prayer of St. Theresa of Avila that is perfect for our gospel today: “Now Christ has no body on earth but yours; now Christ has no hands here on earth but yours.…