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Scripture: Revelation 11:4-12Luke 20:27-40 Reflection: A Voice from Heaven There I was standing in the cave where John the Beloved heard “a voice from heaven”. I recall being speechless and in awe and yet here I am still “hanging on…
Scripture: Revelation 10:8-11Luke 19:45-48 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, after Jesus has entered Jerusalem, He goes to the Temple. And He proceeds to drive out all those who are selling things. He also begins to teach every day…
Scripture: Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5Luke 18:35-43 Reflection: Signs and Symbols of Hope During the Church’s early days, the faithful rarely talked of what we now refer to as the “miracles” of Jesus’s mission. The healings, raising from the dead, and transformation…
Scripture: Malachi 3:19-20a2 Thessalonians 3:7-12Luke 21:5-19 Reflection: As we near the end of the Church calendar, our Scripture readings deal more and more with the end times. In our Gospel reading for Sunday (Luke 21:5-19), Jesus uses the opportunity of…
Scripture: 2 John 4-9Luke 17:26-37 Reflection: The Season of the Moon The autumn equinox arrived in late September. It marked the time when night slowly begins to grow longer, and daylight shorter. It is called the season of the moon. …
Scripture: Philemon 7-20Luke 17:20-25 Reflection: Have you played Wordle, that daily game of figuring out 5-letter words? I like Sudoku, but I’ve become addicted to Wordle. I MUST play it every day or I’m not content. Though I’m loathe to…
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 121 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17John 2:13-22 Reflection: Why Do We Go to Church? We may question, “why do we go to church”? Today we celebrate the dedication of the…
Scripture: Titus 2:1-8Luke 17:7-10 Reflection: The Attitude of a Servant of God: We are unprofitable servants: we have done what we were obliged to do. We should serve God because we want to and out of the goodness of our…
Scripture: Titus 1:1-9Luke 17:1-6 Reflection: The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,you would say to this mulberry tree,‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” -Luke 17:6 One of my…
Scripture: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-142 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5Luke 20:27-38 Reflection: Today’s dramatic readings give hints of the central mystery of human life: what happens when we are dead? It reminds me of a priest friend, reflecting on his father’s death years…