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 » Continue Reading.
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 » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Kings 10:1-10Mark 7:14-23 Reflection: But what comes out of the man, that is what defiles him.From within the man, from his heart,come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,adultery, greed, » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30Mark 7:1-13 Reflection: Too many of us cling to handed down values and beliefs that, upon reflection through the lens of the Gospel, are contrary to » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13Mark 6:53-56 Reflection: Excessive pageantry and ritual are before us NFL fans as we now officially begin Superbowl week. As the entire professional football season culminates » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Job 7:1-4,6-71 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: No Rest for the Good… Today’s Gospel has a very unique “mother-n-law” story. Peter was worried about his mother-in-law, at home, bedridden with » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Kings 3:4-13Mark 6:30-34 Reflection: Solomon’s prayer, “I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen,” might well be a motif for every one of » Continue Reading.
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4Hebrews 2:14-18Luke 2:22-40 Reflection: The Feast of the Presentation, forty days after Christmas, has been the traditional close of the Christmas » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Kings 2:1-4,10-12Mark 6:7-13 Reflection: What an experience for the young apostles when Jesus sent them out to preach for the first time. His instructions were simple: take nothing » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17Mark 6:1-6 Reflection: Happy Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time! Do you ever wonder what Jesus was like as a kid? I do. I » Continue Reading.