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Scripture: Ezra 1:1-6Luke 8:16-18 Reflection: There’s an old song entitled “God Bless the Child.” I think it was first recorded by Billie Holiday and later by Blood, Sweat and Tears, among many others. I sometimes think of the lyrics when…
Scripture: Isaiah 55:6-9Philippians 1:20c-24, 27aMatthew 20:1-16a Reflection: Kindness of God In today’s Gospel a kind owner of a vineyard gives workers a full day’s wage to people who only worked an hour! In New Testament times, wages were given one…
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:13-16Luke 8:4-15 Reflection: In our Gospel reading, Jesus tells a parable about a sower who goes out to sow his seed. The seed falls in different places with different results. Later on, Jesus explains the parable to…
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:2c-12Luke 8:13 Reflection: I recall once watching a short documentary on gender differences. A producer had spent hours and hours filming children playing and in the course of this he dutifully recorded a group of boys chasing…
Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13Matthew 9: 9-13 Reflection: He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. -Matthew 9:9 The Calling of Saint Matthew is a painting completed in 1599-1600 by the famous Italian…
Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn and Companions Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:14-16Luke 7:31-35 Reflection: Today we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn and Companions. For many of us St. Andrew is a “new” saint, canonized by Pope Paul…
Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1-13Luke 7:11-17 Reflection: So often in the gospels, Jesus finds himself smack in the middle of somebody’s pain, somebody’s sorrow and loss. That is certainly true in the poignant, heart-wrenching story we hear today. In great detail,…
Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-8Luke 7:1-10 Reflection: …For I am not worthy to have your enter under my roof…but say the word and my [servant] will be healed. These are familiar words, said every time we celebrate a Eucharistic Liturgy. When…
Scripture: Sirach 27:30-28:7Romans 14:7-9Matthew 18:21-35 Reflection: Today could well be called “Forgiveness Sunday.” The first reading from Sirach proclaims the scandalous contradiction between expecting forgiveness from God while selfishly withholding it from others: “Could anyone nourish anger against another and…
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:15-17Luke 6:43-49 Reflection: Jesus often speaks in parables in the Gospel. He uses an image to describe what the kingdom of God is. Funny how the Scribes and Pharisees ask him to speak plainly. He reveals the…