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Scripture: 2 Kings 5:14-172 Timothy 2:8-13Luke 17:11-19 Reflection: Dazzling Gifts A woman shared with me the reason for her divorce. On her birthday (and other occasions) she discovered her husband was sending his secretary to shop and buy his gifts…
Scripture: Galatians 3:22-29 Luke 11:27-28 Reflection: We are Blessed Because of Our Faith As a child I always thought that being connected with the church makes you holy and justified to be a child of God. Go to church on…
Scripture: Galatians 3:7-14Luke 11:15-26 Reflection: Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid wasteand house will fall against house. -Luke 11:17 I don’t know what possessed me, other than the fact that I was 12 years old, to join the…
Scripture: Galatians 3: 1-5Luke 11: 5-13 Reflection: I cringe when I hear a bad homily. Recently the celebrant preached on being persistent in prayer. Using a real-life example of someone pleading with God for a cure of a brother’s terminal…
Scripture: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14Luke 11:1-4 Reflection: Watching contemporary news and sports it is becoming more common for TV commentators to respond to stories of loss or tragedy by saying, “Our thoughts and prayers are with you.” It appears the pendulum…
Scripture: Galatians 1:13-24Luke 10:38-42 Reflection: Faith Coming Alive Quite a familiar picture in today’s Gospel: St. Luke’s account of Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary. Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet listening; Martha active in her duties as “hostess”…
Scripture: Galatians 1:6-12Luke 10:25-37 Reflection: Today we encounter one of the best known of Jesus’ parables – that of the Good Samaritan – a parable that Pope Francis suggests should be the model for the church in action in the…
Scripture: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-42 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14Luke 17:5-10 Reflection: The more we love the world, the more some conditions in our world can be disheartening and depressing. We might begin to doubt our faith, and ask where is God in…
Feast of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus Scripture: Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17Luke 10:17-24 Reflection: Today we celebrate the feast of one of the church’s most beloved and surprising saints of modern times. Thérèse died in 1897 when she was…
Scripture: Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5Luke 10:13-16 Reflection: The takeaway from today’s readings is this: do we fully accept and understand God’s infinite wisdom and mercy in all things? He does so much good for us, especially those things we cannot…