Scripture: Tobit 6: 10-11; 7: 1bede, 9-17;8: a4-9aMark 12: 28-34 Reflection: The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Love Others In the Gospel of Mark, chapter 12, verses 28 to 34, we find a powerful exchange between Jesus and a scribe.…
Scripture: Tobit 3:1-11a, 16-17aMark 12:18-27 Reflection: Have you not read in the Book of Moses,in the passage about the bush, how God told him,I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?He is not God…
Scripture: Tobit 2: 9-14Mark 12: 13-17 Reflection: The late John Kavanaugh, a Jesuit at St. Louis University, related an encounter with Mother Theresa while on a visit to her mission serving the poorest of the poor in India. In a…
Scripture: Tobit 1:3; 2:1b-8Mark 2:1-12 Reflection: Today’s readings tell two stories designed to teach. In the Hebrew Scripture, the exiled Tobit introduces himself, his background and works. In the Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the Tenants of the Vineyard.…
Scripture: Exodus 34:4-6,8-92 Corinthians 13:11-13John 3:16-18 Reflection: Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Today we celebrate a major belief of our Catholic Faith: our belief in three Persons in one God…Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe in the Most…
Scripture: Sirach 51:12cd-20Mark 11:27-33 Reflection: Two realities emerge from the gospel today. One is the fact that Jesus lived each day in the face of criticism, opposition, and risk. We take for granted that his life was mobile and missionary,…
Scripture: Sirach 44:1, 9-13Mark 11:11-26 Reflection: Last Sunday’s Pentecost liturgy reminded me of the time when I served as a pastoral minister in a parish. We were blessed to be a multicultural community; and people from the parish offered the…
Scripture: Sirach 42:15-25Mark 10:46-52 Reflection: Did you ever spend hours preparing a speech about a topic you were really passionate about only to have it fall on deaf ears or at the very least get a mediocre review? Even though…
Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-18a or Romans 12:9-16Luke 1:39-56 Reflection: Happy Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. If you’re at all like me, you’ll have asked yourself The Question: “What is my purpose? Why am I here? Why was…
Scripture: Sirach 35:1-12Mark 10:28-31 Reflection: When I think about the line from Mark that says, “But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first”, I can’t help but think about what I see at the…