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Scripture: 2 John 4-9Luke 17:26-37 Reflection: I’ll bet we have all seen pictures of hooded and robed people walking with signs that warn, “Repent, the end is near!” Or, how about, “The world is going to end soon”? Well, while…
Scripture: Philemon 7-20Luke 17:20-25 Reflection: Consider reflecting on a quote from today’s Gospel: “The coming of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is…
Scripture: Titus 3:1-7Luke 17:11-19 Reflection: We continue today with the gospel of St. Luke in the section referred to as Jesus’ “Journey to Jerusalem.” This is an important narrative, featuring several stories found only in Luke, today’s gospel is one…
Scripture: Titus 2:1-8, 11-14Luke 17:7-10 Reflection: Legacy: “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.” A question that is asked periodically in our family is “What sort of legacy will you leave at the…
Scripture: Titus 1:1-9Luke 17:1-6 Reflection: From Millstone to Mulberry Tree Today’s gospel begins with a millstone and ends with a mulberry tree. It begins with the sea and ends with the sea. It begins with scandal and ends with seed.…
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:10-16Hebrews 9:24-28Mark 12:38-44 Reflection: The story of the Widow’s Mite has often generated guilt within me. She gave everything she had, as did the widow who made food for Elijah even though she and her son were…
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 121 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17John 2:13-22 Reflection: What Does Sea World and a Group of Frenzied First Grades Have in Common? We celebrate the Dedication of St. John Lateran, the cathedral…
Scripture: Philippians 3:17-4:1Luke 16:1-8 Reflection: How do you act in a crisis? Many of us are experiencing crises these days. It may be your loved one sick or dying from Covid-19 or another illness. Perhaps the family business is struggling,…
Scripture: Philippians 3:3-8aLuke 15:1-10 Reflection: This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. -Luke 15:2 I like to get up around sunrise. I am close to the Western Lake Michigan shore and the colors are often spell-binding. Then there are…
Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18Luke 14:25-33 Reflection: My anthropology teacher in college, Dr. Warren Roth, was skilled at expanding my narrow ways of thinking. In one class, instead of profiling the culture of a tribe in tropical Africa or New Guinea, he…