Pentecost Sunday Scripture: Acts 2:1-111 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25John 20:19-23 or John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 Reflection: If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew…
Scripture: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31John 21:20-25 Reflection: How many times have we verbalized our interpretation of someone without really knowing all the facts, without knowing their back story or true self? Comments like, “ooh, I bet she was a terrible mother,”…
Scripture: Acts 25:13b-21John 21:15-19 Reflection: “Do you love me?” It is the most penetrating, personal question anyone can ask us, and in today’s gospel, it is the question Jesus asks Peter not once, but three times. “Do you love me?”…
Scripture: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11John 17:20-26 Reflection: Severe weather and tornado season started early this year in the Midwest and the South. I was awed and dumbstruck to see one hit close to home in Nebraska, not just one but three…
Scripture: Acts 20:28-38John 17:11b-19 Reflection: “Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be…
Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle Scripture: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26John 15:9-17 Reflection: How often do we feel undervalued? How does being on theB-Team typically make us feel about ourselves? And when we’re finally chosen for the A-Team, how much of that…
Scripture: Acts 19:1-8John 16:29-33 Reflection: The first thing that strikes me about our reading from the Acts of the Apostles is the mention of John the Baptist for the second time in as many chapters (18:25; 19:3). Perhaps John’s reach…
The Ascension of the Lord Scripture: Acts 1:1-11Ephesians 1:17-23 or 4:1-13Mark 16:15-20 Reflection: Today, the feast of the Solemnity of the Ascension is celebrated in most dioceses in the United States. The Ascension was traditionally celebrated on the 40th day…
Scripture: Acts 18:23-28John 16:23b-28 Reflection: “Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.” That verse sounds as if God has given us a blank check to ask anything of him. We know, however, that prayer is…
Scripture: Acts 18:9-18John 16:20-23 Reflection: I remember what labor was like for me – long and intense. Despite what it says in the Gospel, once my son was born, I didn’t immediately forget the pain; it was too real. Over…