Scripture: Galatians 3:1-5Luke 11:5-13 Reflection: One of the most challenging things Jesus ever said was “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” I’ve struggled with that all my life, and mightily so these past few…
Scripture: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14Luke 11:1-4 Reflection: A Synod in Rome and One in Galatia The Synod continues in Rome. It is a magnum opus, and we pray that, like at the first Pentecost, people of diverse languages understood the Spirit-filled…
Scripture: Galatians 1:13-24Luke 10:38-42 Reflection: Lessons from Paul on how to write a Curriculum Vitae Paul must have started the Galatian community on his early missionary trip. Other missionaries followed who included in their catechesis the need to follow Jewish…
Scripture: Galatians 1:6-12Luke 10:25-37 Reflection: But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? -Luke 10:29 Rusty was always “going” where he wasn’t supposed to go. I first met Rusty when my father brought…
Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24Hebrews 2:9-11Mark 10:2-16 Reflection: Several months ago, I heard an interview with a medical doctor who had practiced for decades in his small hometown in Minnesota. The interviewer asked him to describe the challenges of his patients who…
Scripture: Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17Luke 10:17-24 Reflection: In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the news media was interviewing a woman in North Carolina whose house was flooded by the torrential rains. She looked at the interviewer and said, “I feel…
Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi Scripture: Job 38: 1, 12-21; 40:3-5Luke 10:13-16 Reflection: Witnessing God’s Loving Presence Jesus confronted the reality of evil and selfishness with his message of life and love. Some have received his message with an…
Scripture: Job 19:21-27Luke 10:1-12 Reflection: In past times (perhaps 50 years ago), in Sydney’s Domain Gardens of any Sunday there were advocates of all sorts of viewpoints delivering speeches to any of the public who cared to stop and listen.…
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Scripture: Job 9:1-12, 14-16Matthew 18:1-5, 10 Reflection: How great the dignity of the soul, since each one has from birth an angel commissioned to guard it. ~ St. Jerome Today’s Gospel reading begins with the…
Scripture: Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23Luke 9: 51-56 Reflection: Today the church celebrates the memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux, but the first reading and responsorial psalm can hardly be described as celebratory. Job recently lost all his possessions and suffers…