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Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle Scripture: Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22Mark 16:15-18 Reflection: A book entitled, “Going, Going, Gone: The Dynamics of Disaffiliation in Young Catholics,” is based on a comprehensive study done by the Center for Applied Research in…
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:4-17Mark 4:1-20 Reflection: Listening to the Word “And he began again to teach by the seaside.” Today’s Gospel begins at the sea of Galilee in Mark’s 4th chapter. This area is a good farming region and from…
Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:12b-15, 17-19Mark 3:31-35 Reflection: In our Gospel reading we have Mark’s account of Jesus speaking to a group of people and being told that His mother and brothers were outside asking for Him. And Jesus replies: “’Who…
Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:1-17, 10Mark 3:22-30 Reflection: Lord, your gospel today vividly describes the turmoil, division and suffering that results from a kingdom, a people, or a country which is divided against itself. “If a kingdom be divided against itself,…
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5, 101 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark1:14-20 Reflection: Since childhood I have been fascinated by the Jonah story in the book of Jonah. In The first reading God is asking Jonah for the second time to preach the message that God…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:3-21Mark 3:13-19 Reflection: R. Alleluia, alleluia. God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. R. Alleluia, alleluia. (2 Corinthians 5:19) As I read the Word of God for…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7Mark 3:7-12 Reflection: …for he had healed many…all who had diseases pressed upon him… Thus far in Mark’s gospel, Jesus has been on a whirlwind of healing. Everywhere he went he healed and cast out demons. …
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51Mark 3:1-6 Reflection: Everything that Jesus sought in his life and ministry is revealed in today’s gospel. Jesus walks into a synagogue where there is a man “who had a withered hand.” Like so many…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13Mark 2:23-28 Reflection: Pope Francis, in his weekly audience, continued his series on virtues and vices. His brief address concerned gluttony. Pope Francis notes the stark contrast between John the Baptist and Jesus pertaining to food. John…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:16-23 Mark 2:18-22 Reflection: Obedience is better than sacrificeWhile respecting his traditions and history, Jesus definitely seemed to have a preference for the new over the old. His stories and teaching reveal this again and again. But…