Prayerful reflections to help you connect with God through daily Scripture and the Passionist charism written by members of our Passionist Family.
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Scripture: 1 John 5:5-13Mark 1: 7-11 Reflection: I sometimes imagine the day of my baptism in a little frame church in Louisville’s South End, a working-class neighborhood. A grainy black and white brownie camera photo on the front lawn of…
Scripture: 1 John 3:11-21John 1:43-51 Reflection: But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” -John 1:46 In today’s gospel, we hear of the calling of the first disciples. Andrew and Peter, Philip and Nathanael. But there’s a…
Scripture: 1 John 3:7-10John 1:35-42 Reflection: Jesus’ Call and Our Response Today’s Gospel features John the Baptist and two of his disciples meeting Jesus as he walked by – “the Lamb of God”. This encounter led to Jesus’ invitation to…
Scripture: 1 John 2:29-3:6John 1:29-34 Reflection: Perhaps John’s repeated musing… “I did not know him” (which resonates like a refrain during this text) might give us a focus for our reflection on today’s gospel. John’s testimony reminds us that knowing Jesus is…
Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, and Doctors of the Church Scripture Readings: 1 John 2:22-28John 1:19-28 Reflection: Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father,but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as…
Editors’ note: It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of our Passionist brother, Father Don Senior, CP, who died on November 8, 2022. We have published Father Don’s Scripture reflections over the past several years. As we look…
Scripture: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 or Colossians 3:12-21Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 Reflection: In today’s gospel, on the Feast of the Holy Family, we see the undying faith of Joseph, husband of Mary. Like many people in today’s world, we see Joseph going…
Feast of Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr Scripture: 1 John 2:3–11Luke 2:22-35 Reflection: . . . for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. -1 John 2:8 In 1935 the play Murder in the…
Scripture: 1 John 1:5-2:2Matthew 2:13-18 Reflection: In today’s first reading, we hear: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. We are still basking in the Christmas season, celebrating the birth of our savior just three…
Scripture: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59Matthew 10:17-22 Reflection: Preparing our home for Christmas includes arranging a nativity set that my grandfather made. He took up pottery in his retirement and made a nativity set for each of his three daughters, my mother…