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: Hebrews 2:14-18Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: Women in the Gospel of Mark Today’s gospel depicts Jesus healing Simon’s mother-in-law who was seriously ill with a fever. So much is packed in this brief episode, not the least of which Jesus is…
Scripture: Hebrews 2:5-12Mark 1:21-28 Reflection: Whenever I teach, I hope it makes a difference for attendees. Yet when they tell me how I touched or helped them, it’s hard to know what to say. We aren’t taught to accept compliments,…
Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 Reflection: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord What do we do when we find the meaning of life or the key to eternal life? Does it lead to worship? It led the…
Scripture: 1 John 5:14-21John 2:1-11 Reflection: Sing to the LORD a new songof praise in the assembly of the faithful.Let Israel be glad in their maker,let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. -Psalm 149:1-3 When the wine ran…
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…