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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11Luke 6:12-19 Reflection: Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. -Luke 6:12 Early in my life I, like most young people, caught the waves of activities all about…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8Luke 6:6-11 Reflection: And you are inflated with pride. Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst. -1 Corinthians 5:2 Then Jesus said to them, “I…
Scripture: Wisdom 9:13-18Philemon 9-10,12-17Luke 14:25-33 Reflection: The Cost of Discipleship Quite a picture in today’s Gospel: Jesus is travelling with “great” crowds; He stops and tells them that, to follow Him you must “hate” your family and even your own…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:6b-15Luke 6:1-5 Reflection: Paul warns his readers, and us, ‘not to be inflated with pride’. This specific warning might well be expanded into a broader warning not to be so taken by our opinion and perspective that…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5Luke 5:33-39 Reflection: When we interact with loved ones, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and the media, we swim around in the sea of our own culture. We absorb the prevailing norms, values, and traditions of the culture in…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23Luke 5:1-11 Reflection: “A call is different from a choice,” says the famous author Kathleen Norris in her book, The Cloister Walk. Norris is a Protestant but has spent considerable periods of time as a Benedictine Oblate…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9Luke 4:38-44 Reflection: Happy Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time! I’ve struggled with a phenomenon lately. A force of nature, really… Something that vexes even the most prolific of writers and composers and creatives from…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:10b-16Luke 4:31-37 Reflection: I often wonder how we would react if Jesus was physically with us today and called out unclean spirits in front of us. Some have been fortunate to see his miracles in their lives.…
Scripture: Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24aLuke 14:1, 7-14 Reflection: Our readings today challenge us to be more humble and less demanding of others. As much as we would like it to be at times, it’s not all about us! …
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31Matthew 25:1-13 Reflection: The reading from Matthew 25:14-30 has always stumped me – until today. If you think of this reading as a parable, try to envision the talent differently – in those days a heavy metal, usually…