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Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4Matthew 16:13-19 Reflection: Lord, it seems so counterintuitive to love my enemy. Somedays I feel surrounded by the opposite message. News outlets, social media, neighborhood protests, someone screaming over the back fence… The way information is…
Feast of Saint Peter Damian Scripture: James 3:13-18Mark 9:14-29 Reflection: In the first reading from the letter of St. James there are some key take aways. 1) It is important to pray for wisdom daily as an important element in…
Scripture: I Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23I Corinthians 16: 45-49Luke 6: 27-38 Reflection: The readings today really do pull us way out of our comfort zones! In the reading from Samuel, we have the story from the early days…
Scripture: James 3:1-10Mark 9:2-13 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, we hear the account in Mark’s Gospel of the Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of the apostles Peter, James and John. These three get a glimpse of Jesus’…
Scripture: James 2:14-24, 26Mark 8: 34-9:1 Reflection: We all have gone to a funeral home and viewed the body of a loved one or friend. They are lifeless, their spirit has departed. In today’s first reading, James makes it clear…
Scripture: James 2:1-9 Mark 8:27-33 Reflection Today’s gospel begins with Jesus and his disciples making their way to “the villages around Caesarea Philippi.” As they are walking, Jesus poses a question that would make any of us pause: “Who do…
Scripture: James 1:19-27Mark 8:22-26 Reflection: When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.…
Scripture: James 1:12-18Mark 8:14-21 Reflection: Why do you conclude that it is because you have not bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Oh, when my kids were teenagers – how many times did I hear… we have nothing…
Scripture: James 1:1-11Mark 8:11-13 Reflection: No human being is a stranger to suffering because suffering comes to all of us. The question, then, is not whether we will suffer, but how will we respond to it? This is one way…
Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-81 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20Luke 6:17, 20-26 Reflection How do we find life? How do we keep from dying inside? And can we really be people of hope? These are questions that unfold deep inside us, questions we wrestle…