Scripture: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20Matthew 12:46-50 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, when Jesus is speaking to the crowds, He is told that His mother and brothers are waiting to speak to him. Instead of stopping what He’s doing to…
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene Scripture: Songs 3:1-4b or 2 Corinthians 5:14-17John 20: 1-2, 11-18 Reflection: I’ve come to think of St. John’s Gospel as “color commentary” on the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. While the synoptic gospels give us…
Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1-6Ephesians 2:13-18Mark 6:30-34 Reflection: The Lord is my Shepherd there is nothing I shall want… This verse from Psalm 23 and the entire Psalm 23 will forever be with me. This is the Psalm prayer that my father…
Scripture: Micah 2:1-5Matthew 12:14-21 Reflection: ….the grace to reject all that is contrary to the name of Christ… Today’s Gospel boasts of justice – not an eye for an eye – but a justice of healing and reconciliation. Jesus chose…
Scripture: Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19Matthew 11:28-30 Reflection: Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble…
Scripture: Isaiah 10:5-7, 13b-16Matthew 11:25-27 Reflection: Today’s tidbit of a gospel contains a very important message, one we cannot afford to overlook or dismiss. Jesus breaks forth in exuberant praise of God because God chose to reveal the ways of…
Scripture: Isaiah 7:1-9Matthew 11:20-24 Reflection: The prophets Ezekiel, Isaiah and Jeremiah renounce the evil deeds of Tyre and Sidon. We need not to go into the debaucheries of Sodom and Gomorrah. Still, Jesus says the final judgment will go better…
Scripture: Isaiah 1:10-17 Matthew 10:34-11:1 Reflection: Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and daughter…
Scripture: Amos 7:12-15Ephesians 1:3-14Mark 6:7-13 Reflection: Today’s responsorial psalm proclaims four God-like elements that lead to glory and salvation: kindness, truth, justice, and peace. Let us reflect on the ultimate outcomes in our lives if we somehow agreed that those…
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8Matthew 10:24-33 Reflection: The theme of today’s readings centers on mission; on being sent by God for a specific purpose to open hearts to God’s message. The prophet Isaiah writes of his vision of the throne of God…