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Scripture: Isaiah 58:9b-14Luke 5:27-32 Reflection: The Lenten message is simple, but easily missed and almost always quickly forgotten: Following the ways of the Lord brings happiness and life. If we do what is right and good—if we especially seek justice…
Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-9aMatthew 9:14-15 Reflection: Our Lenten season began with the prophet Joel’s exhortation to “rend your hearts, not your garments.” The challenge to “fast” stares us once again in the face and confronts us. The children of Israel are…
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20Luke 9:22-25 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for today, after Jesus predicts His own Passion and death and resurrection, He tells His disciples what it means to be a disciple: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he…
Ash Wednesday Scripture: Joel 2:12-182 Corinthians 5:20-6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Reflection: Between the jubilant melodies of Fat Tuesday and the delightful chocolate bunnies of Easter Sunday lies the season of Lent. In today’s unapologetically secular world, ever rife with materialism, some…
Scripture: James 1:12-18Mark 8:14-21 Reflection: The text for today is immediately following Jesus feeding the crowds for a second time, the Pharisees demand for a “sign” and Jesus’ refusal to give them one. And so, the story is set in…
Scripture: James 1:1-11Mark 8:11-13 Reflection: Today’s readings present a captivating contrast between faith and agnosticism. In Mark’s gospel, Jesus has arrived in the region of Dalmanutha, on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee. He has come there after…
Scripture: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-461 Corinthians 10:31-11:1Mark 1:40-45 Reflection: “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Several times in the Hebrew Bible, God punished people for their disobedience by inflicting them with leprosy. The Israelites naturally assumed that leprosy was…
Scripture: 1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34Mark 8:1-10 Reflection: I’d heard the story of loaves and fishes so many times that I no longer paid much attention. Then I decided to pray with the text and see where it led me. I…
Scripture: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19Mark 7:31-37 Reflection: A Special Feast Day – The Solemn Commemoration of the Passion Today, the Friday before Ash Wednesday, the Passionist community celebrates a feast that is not on the Church’s universal calendar. While it…
Scripture: 1 Kings 11:4-13Mark 7:24-30 Reflection: Persistence Our Request What we ask in prayer, with faith, we will receive, but sometimes it takes patience and a deeper faith. Persistence is the key. Jesus wants to open in us a yet…