Scripture: Amos 3:1-8, 4:11-12Matthew 8:23-27 Reflection: Lord, save us, for we are perishing. -Matthew 8:25 In today’s Gospel, we find Jesus and his disciples in a boat on the Sea of Galilee, after a long day with people. Jesus is…
Scripture: Amos 2:6-10,13-16Matthew 8:18-22 Reflection: In today’s Gospel, we hear brief exchanges between Jesus and two potential disciples. The first person is a teacher of the law, who is probably accustomed to a comfortable lifestyle. He tells Jesus that he…
Scripture: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-242 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15Mark 5:21-43 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for Sunday (Mark 5:21-43), we have two examples of great faith. The first person we encounter is Jairus, a synagogue official. Jairus comes to Jesus, pleading…
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Scripture: Acts of the Apostles 12:1-112 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18Matthew 16:13 -19 Reflection: Today we celebrate two great men of the Church, Saints Peter and Paul. Two ordinary men, one a fisherman and the other…
Scripture: 2 Kings 25:1-12Matthew 8:1-4 Reflection: In reflecting on our first reading from 2 Kings today, I felt as if I was watching the nightly news, reading the local paper, listening to the latest updates of life and death that…
Scripture: 2 Kings 24:8-17Matthew 7:21-29 Reflection: In today’s Gospel reading Jesus continues His teaching about false prophets that we heard yesterday. He says some startling things: “not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven;”…
Scripture: 2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3Matthew 7:15-20 Reflection: Today’s gospel selection from Matthew (7:15-20) could not be more timely for us living in the United States and having to endure the caustic rhetoric that comes with what now seems to be…
Scripture: 2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Reflection: “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord” Years ago, when one of my sisters-in-law celebrated her fiftieth birthday, she told me that a “good day” was when she awakened in…
Nativity of St. John the Baptist Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-6Acts 13:22-26Luke 1:57-66, 80 Reflection: “John is his name.” Today, we remember the birth of St John the Baptist. Admittedly, the Scriptures present him as rather threatening, but his name in Hebrew…
Scripture: Job 38:1, 8-112 Corinthians 5:14-17Mark 4:35-41 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for Sunday (Mark 4:35-41), Jesus is with His disciples in a boat. A “violent squall” comes up, and the waves are crashing over the boat, filling it up.…