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Scripture: Acts 5:34-42John 6:1-15 Reflection: “So now I tell you, have nothing to do with these men, and let them go. For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself.  But if it comes…

Scripture: Acts 5:27-33John 3:31-36 Reflection: I must admit I occasionally find the Gospel of John difficult to comprehend.  Some passages can be obscurely mystical, enigmatic, even downright Delphic.  Today’s gospel falls midway between “I think I understand it,” and “what’s…

Scripture: Acts 5:17-26John 3:16-21 Reflection: There were things about my childhood that were difficult and even traumatic. In the hard work of coming to terms with them, I learned that when we are hurt or betrayed, especially if we’re too…

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37John 3:7b-15 Reflection: Hello Nicodemus! We are with Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus at night. He moves from darkness to the light, faith in Jesus. He will grow to accept a “gift from above”; he…

The Annunciation of the Lord Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10Hebrews 10:4-10Luke 1:26-38 Reflection: As children, we often recited the “Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary” during May and October. Although I didn’t always understand what the titles or epithets for Our…

Scripture: Acts 4:32-351 John 5:1-6John 20:19-31 Reflection: There was no needy person among them,for those who owned property or houses would sell them,bring the proceeds of the sale,and put them at the feet of the apostles,and they were distributed to…

Scripture: Acts 4:13-21Mark: 16:9-15 Reflection: Tucked away in a grove of trees on the campus of St Anselm College in New Hampshire is a small cemetery where dozens of Benedictine monks are buried. It is a quiet spot with uneven…

Scripture: Acts 4:1-12John 21:1-14 Reflection: Experiencing someone coming back to life after you clearly knew they were dead has got to rock your world.  A week earlier you were walking to Jerusalem with visions of triumphalism in your mind. You…

Scripture: Acts 2:14, 22-23Matthew 28:8-15 Reflection: You know how when you have an amazing experience, you must share that story with your friends and family, telling it over and over? Well, the Resurrection story is so exciting and life changing…

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Scripture: Acts 10:34a, 37-43Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8John 20:1-9 or Matthew 28:1-10 Reflection: Grace Filled Easter What lovely words from the Easter sequence, “Yes, tell us again, Mary: what did you…