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Scripture: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95John 8:31-42 Reflection: Coming to Believe We meet the three young men who will not worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Bound tightly by the strongest men in the army they are…
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9John 8:21-30 Reflection: In our first reading from Numbers, the Israelites, out of frustration and exhaustion and impatience, complain against God and Moses, and God punishes them by sending saraph serpents who bite the people, and many of…
Scripture: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62John 8:12-20 Reflection: The disciples approached Jesus and said,‘Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?’He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,‘Amen, I say to you, unless…
Fifth Sunday of Lent Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21Philippians 3:8-14John 8: 1-11 Reflection: In Paul’s letter to the people of Philippi, the remarkable apostle to the Gentiles captures what I feel in moments of deep connection to Christ. These moments can come…
Scripture: Jeremiah 11:18-20John 7:40-53 Reflection: As we journey through this Lenten season, the daily Scriptures increasingly reveal the growing conflict that will ultimately lead to Jesus’ crucifixion. Today’s Gospel highlights deep divisions in the group of people who surround Jesus…
Scripture: Wisdom 2:1a,12-22John 7:1-2,10,25-30 Reflection: “…they were trying to kill Him…” Jesus came to our world with a living message of unity, forgiveness, hope and unconditional love – His life both a gift from God and a challenge to contemporary…
Scripture: Exodus 32:7-14John 5:31-47 Reflection: One of my teachers once said to me that he found John’s gospel good for meditation and hard to preach. Perhaps there is some truth in that, although it is possibly tempered by one’s personal…
Scripture: Isaiah 49: 8-15John 5: 17-30 Reflection: Can a mother forget her infant,be without tenderness for the child of her womb?Even should she forget,I will never forget you. -Isaiah 49:15 In today’s first reading from Isaiah, the author is speaking…
Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-9,12John 5:1-16 Reflection: Twice I’ve stood close to the power and majesty of large waterfalls—at Niagara Falls and in the Colorado mountains. I vividly remember the enormous volume and thundering sounds of the cascading waters. Water has center…
Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-21John 4:43-54 Reflection: The Responsorial psalm in today’s readings captures so aptly today’s gospel:“I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.” Jesus had reproached the people who followed him with the titillating expectation that he would…