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…
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Scripture: Acts 1:12-14John 19:25-34 Reflection: Two Sundays ago, we celebrated Mother’s Day, a day when we remembered all that our mothers have done for us to become the best we…
Scripture: Acts 2:1-111 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13John 20:19-23 Reflection: Happy Birthday, Church!!! Jesus has risen from the dead! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Last week we celebrated his ascending back to his father in heaven. This week we celebrate the fulfillment of his…
Scripture: Acts 25:13b-21John 21:15-19 Reflection: …Do you love me?…Feed my sheep… Three times, Jesus asks Peter ‘do you love me’; three times, following Peter’s ‘yes, Lord’ Jesus commands ‘feed my sheep’. What is it about ‘three times?’ We can make…
Scripture: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11John 17:20-26 Reflection: No doubt the Chief Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were excited to have a chance to get Paul condemned by Roman authority but surely they must have also been a bit nervous. After all,…
Scripture: Acts 20:28-38John 17:11b-19 Reflection: Saving Truth “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. JN 17:17 Today’s Gospel tells us that we are made holy by the truth of God’s word. Our culture today is in many ways very…
Scripture: Acts 20:17-27John 17:1-11a Reflection: In our Gospel reading, we hear the continuation of Jesus’ discourse with His disciples at the Last Supper. Here, Jesus offers a prayer to the Father, recognizing that the moment has come for God’s plan…