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…
Scripture: Acts 19:1-8John 16:29-33 Reflection: Lord, Sometimes I feel so fatigued by our increasingly divisive world of war, dissension, senseless cruelty, dismissively abrasive language and blocked minds. A bewildering world where a teen can run up behind an old man, slap…
The Ascension of the Lord Scripture: Acts 1:1-11Ephesians 1:17-23Matthew 28:16-20 Reflection: When I was in Catholic elementary school, I was fascinated by paintings of the Ascension showing the apostles standing there looking up at the sky as Jesus ascended into…
Scripture: Acts 18: 23-28John 16: 23b-28 Reflection: In our first reading this morning we meet an interesting married couple, Priscilla and Aquila. In today’s reading they clearly had a well-established reputation for being experts on the early Christian beliefs about…
Scripture: Acts 18:9-18John 16:20-23 Reflection: As I read the gospel of John today, I think of my own life experiences. When we suffer grief, maybe the loss of a loved one or some other devastating change in our life, we may…
Scripture: Acts 18:1-8John 16:16-20 Reflection: As we get close to the end of the Easter Season, our readings take a turn towards the Ascension of Jesus and then to Pentecost. On this day in many places around the world, the…
Scripture: Acts 16:22-34John 16:5-11 Reflection: The Holy Spirit Empowers “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the aHelper (parak’laetos) will not come to you; but…
Scripture: Acts 16:11-15John 15:26-16:4a Reflection: You’ve probably heard the sad commentary about people who faithfully attend Mass on Sundays. Yet in the parking lot immediately after Mass, it’s as if none of what they heard, did, or sang at the…