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Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-18a, or Romans 12:9-16Luke 1:39-56 Reflection: Happy Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary! In today’s passage from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:39-56), Mary, after hearing…
Scripture: Acts 18:9-18John 16:20-23 Reflection: Farewells are rarely joyful. At best, they are bitter-sweet. Bitter because departure pains the heart. Sweet because only through the departure, a kind of letting go, actually, is it possible that something new will emerge. …
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11Ephesians 1:17-23Luke 24:46-53 Reflection: They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy. -Luke 24:53 Today is unique when it comes to the readings for the liturgy. There are three choices depending on which diocese…
Scripture: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1John 16:12-15 Reflection: I will ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always. Thanks be to God for sending us all an Advocate, the Holy Spirit! I don’t know about…
Scripture: Acts 16:22-34John 16:5-11 Reflection: “I will send to you the Spirit of truth, says the Lord; he will guide you to all truth.” John 16:13 (Gospel Acclamation) In a dramatic scene in the movie, A Few Good Men, Colonel…
Scripture: Acts 16:11-15John 15:26-16:4a Reflection: It was just over one month ago that Pope Francis died. We probably all anticipated it and maybe were even surprised when he came home from the hospital and participated, as best he could, in…
Scripture: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23john 14:23-29 Reflection: As I read our first reading for this Sunday (Acts 15:1-2, 22-29), I found myself returning to some things that have been on my mind for some time: How do we see…
Scripture: Acts 16:1-10John 15:18-21 Reflection: Providence of God “They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. When they came to Mysia, they…
Scripture: Acts 15:22-31John 15:12-17 Reflection: In our first reading from Acts, we have the outcome from the meeting held in Jerusalem around the question whether Gentiles who had converted to Christianity had to become circumcised according to the Mosaic law…
Scripture: Acts 15:7-21John 15:9-11 Reflection: I wonder why it pleases a person to be told time stands still when you look into her face, but not to say her face would stop a clock. Why?I wonder why, when a preacher…