Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:6-111 John 4:7-16Matthew 11:25-30 Reflection: Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and all our Scripture readings speak of God’s love. In our first reading, Moses reminds the people that they are not the…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1, 3-6Matthew 5:20-26 Reflection: During the pandemic, there were thousands of deaths from COVID alone, plus the “usual” deaths due to other causes. In my field, we face a tsunami of complicated grief. One cause of complication…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11Matthew 5:17-19 Reflection: Law 101 Law is something we absorb early in life. We learn what we are to do as well as the things we are not to do before we can ask, ‘why’, before we…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:18-22Matthew 5:13-16 Reflection: In our Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples that they “.. are the salt of the earth” (v. 13). Salt adds flavor to an otherwise bland or tasteless food item. It simply makes it taste…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 Matthew 5:1-12 Reflection: When pondering the Word, it is important to understand the context in which the Word is written in a given Gospel story. The Word is other-centered. Yes, in God’s goodwill, we are recipients…
Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a1 Corinthians 10:16-17John 6:51-58 Reflection: The Mass as Dangerous Memory There is memory.And there is dangerous memory. How do these two terms differ? And what relevance do they have with today’s feast, The Solemnity of the Body…
Scripture: Tobit 11:5-17Mark 12:35-37 Reflection: Story Tellers of the Happy Ending We are finishing one of the most beautiful stories of the Old Testament, the story of Tobit. Well crafted, we have a love story, one of human suffering and…
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…