Scripture: Hosea 14:2-10Matthew 10:16-23 Reflection: Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. Today’s gospel passage reminds us of Aesop’s tale of The Wolves And The Sheep.1 …
Scripture: Hosea 11:1-4, 8e-9Matthew 10:7-15 Reflection: The Gospel of Matthew may be the most Jewish of the gospels. Matthew wrote for a Jewish-Christian audience living in or near the homeland. He structured his gospel into five discourses: The Sermon on…
Scripture: Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8Matthew 10:1-7 Reflection: During COVID, I doubted whether my business would survive. I had to scrape and scramble to keep enough income coming through the door to pay the bills. Last year, I didn’t have to scramble…
Scripture: Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13Matthew 9:32-38 Reflection: Mary, Mother of Holy Hope Samuel Hazo, who works professionally in advertising, ends an insightful article contrasting advertising’s goal with poetry. ‘Advertising is a means to a desired end, but poetry is an end…
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22aMatthew 9:18-26 Reflection: God’s Grace is at full display in today’s readings. God is so generous with his grace. We need only to have faith. Imagine going to sleep and waking up with the promise of God on…
Scripture: Ezekiel 2:2-52 Corinthians 12:7-10Mark 6:1-6a Reflection: My grace is sufficient for you,for power is made perfect in weakness. I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I…
Scripture: Amos 9:11-15Matthew 9:14-17 Reflection: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on war than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” Dr. King was a prophet for…
Scripture: Amos 8:4-6, 9-12Matthew 9:9-13 Reflection: Yes, days are coming, says the Lord GOD,when I will send famine upon the land:Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water,but for hearing the word of the LORD. -Amos 8:9 Go and…
Scripture: Amos 7:10-17Matthew 9:1-8 Reflection: The Ongoing Call to Renewal and Healing The ongoing human need for renewal, a change of heart, healing, freedom, and life… Today’s two Scripture readings challenge us to quality discipleship in the 21st Century—to follow…
Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22John 20:24-29 Reflection: Of late, I have become very interested in astrology, inspired by the wonderful images now provided to us by the Hubble space telescope and the James Webb space telescope.…