Daily Reflections

Scripture: I Samuel 18: 6-7; 19: 1-7Mark 3:7-12 Reflection: Whatever happened to all those people? In today’s Gospel, St. Mark goes out of his way to tell us that there were an awful lot of people who wanted to be…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51Mark 3:1-6 Reflection: Everything that Jesus sought in his life and ministry is revealed in today’s gospel. Jesus walks into a synagogue where there was a man “who had a withered hand.” Like so many…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13Mark 2:23-28 Reflection: Jesus has just healed a man who was a paralytic. He also spoke of one of the great acts of religion which is fasting. The Pharisees notice that the disciples of Jesus are making…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:16-23 Mark 2:18-22 Reflection: Today’s gospel poignantly illustrates how the activities and practices of our lives, even when they are unquestionably good and proper, can sometimes distract us from all the manifestations of God’s loveliness and graciousness…

Scripture: Isaiah 62:1-51 Corinthians 12:4-11John 2:1-11 Reflection: One of the most beautiful movies of recent years told the story about the power of married friendship.  The movie is “Shadowlands,” the story of the marriage of C.S. Lewis, the famous English…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1aMark 2:13-17 Reflection: “ those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do…” Jesus called Levi to follow him, ate with him at his home.  Levi, a tax collector, and thus…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22aMark 2:1-12 Reflection: The Hope in Miracles Today’s reading talks specifically about the authority of kings in the Old Testament and Jesus’s authority in the New Testament. It has always been a topic that interests me,…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:1-11Mark 1:40-45 Reflection: Our Gospel readings are taken today from the Gospel of Mark who offers us a good insight into Jesus and his mission. The author of Mark, from the beginning of chapter one demonstrates Jesus…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: On this feast of the Baptism of the Lord, does this question cross your mind? “Am I going to heaven, into Eternal Life with our Creator, accompanied by my Lord and Savior,…

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:9-20 Mark 1:21-28 Reflection: We know that the Gospel of Matthew can best be understood through the lens of Jewish Christian community concerns and worship, and the Gospel of Luke through the lens of Gentile Christian community…