Scripture: Acts 8:5-8, 14-171 Peter 3:15-18John 14:15-21 Reflection: In our first Scripture reading for this Sunday (Acts 8:5-8, 14-17), St. Luke writes: “Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. With one accord, the…
Scripture: Acts 16:1-10John 15:18-21 Reflection: The Easter liturgical season reminds us of our church and its radical Spirit-led beginnings. Today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles offers us the missionary focus and challenges of Paul and Silas. It…
Scripture: Acts 15:22-31John 15:12-17 Reflection: Jesus said to his disciples: This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.No one has greater love than this,to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. -John 15: 12-14 I often struggle…
Scripture: Acts 15:7-21John 15:9-11 Reflection: In our Gospel reading, Jesus tells His disciples to “remain” in His love. There are other translations that use the word “abide,” and I favor that word because it implies for me resting in the…
Scripture: Acts 15:1-6John 15:1-8 Reflection: Like many others, I’ve experienced a lot of losses, disappointments, and instability in the past year or two, and the future remains uncertain in many ways. On my own, I can sink into fear and…
Scripture: Acts 14:5-18John 14:21-26 Reflection: In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus says: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and…
Scripture: Acts 6:1-71 Peter 2:4-9John 14:1-12 Reflection: Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a timeand you still do not know me, Philip?” -John…
Scripture: Acts 13:44-52John 14:7-14 Reflection: King Charles III is crowned today in Westminster Abbey in London. Years before this historic, long-awaited day, Charles, as Prince of Wales, was doing Great Things, including food distributions and energy bill relief for the…
Scripture: Acts 13:26-33John 14:1-6 Reflection: Where I am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8John 14:6-14 Reflection: Even within the ‘bubble’ of a “lifetime faith” (a way of life one has known since early years), we sometimes need a ‘faith with a faith’ to hold fast to the fact that Jesus…