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Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-7John 12:1-11 Reflection: It is Holy Week. We have entered the most profound time in the church year. We began yesterday with Palm Sunday by reliving both our high hopes with cries of “Hosanna” and the horror of…
Scripture: Luke 19:28-40Isaiah 50:4-7Philippians 2:6-11Luke 22:14-23:56 Reflection: Sunday is Palm, or Passion, Sunday. We hear the account of the Passion of Jesus according to Luke (22:14-23:56). There are several things unique to Luke’s account. In the agony in the garden,…
Scripture: Genesis 17:3-9John 8:51-59 Reflection: “So they picked up stones to throw at him;but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.” -John 8:59 Is it any wonder that Jesus’ contemporaries want to stone him? He told the rich…
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9John 8:21-30 Reflection: How is your Lenten journey coming along? The reason the ancient season of Lent came into being was so that the church could prepare for the sacred celebrations of Holy Week. These three days (Triduum)…
Scripture: Daniel 13:1-62 John 8:12-20 Reflection: Facing the Challenge of Judgement Ah, the fifth week of Lent…our annual quest for renewed hearts! Today’s Scriptures are loaded with intrigue and false accusations — all met by the power of God manifest…
Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11 Reflection: The landscape of Israel is littered with stones. They stretch out across the sun-bleached land often as far as the eye can see. In such a setting it is not hard to…
Scripture: Jeremiah 11:18-20 John 7: 40-53 Reflection: After a month of watching the horrors of the war in Ukraine on cable news, I noticed recent stories are more than the recounts of deaths and devastation. The news commentators are now…
Scripture: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Reflection: I am sure all of us are deeply troubled by the violent warfare now raging in Ukraine. The unprovoked aggression that prompted it, the terrible loss of human life, the wanton destruction…
Scripture: Exodus 32:7-14 John 5:31-47 Reflection: Happy Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent! It’s not rare that I tell the pupils in my private studio that, no matter what, I can help them get better. I don’t know how…
Scripture: Isaiah 49:8-15John 5:17-30 Reflection: Today’s gospel reading touched my heart, because it made me think of today’s parents and their children. The first line – ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.” How many times have…