Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23 Luke 5:1-11 Reflection: When I put myself in Simon’s place in the boat with Jesus, I understand his objections to the Lord’s suggestion he lower his » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Luke 4:38-44 Reflection: He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. Healing. Cure. Restore. Purify. Renew. Mend. Remedy. Repair. Put right. Rehabilitate. Rejuvenate. » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 Luke 4:31-37 Reflection: The ancient world, including the world of the Bible and the world in which Jesus lived, was filled with “spirits.” The modern secular » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Luke 4:16-30 Reflection: Let your faith rest not on human wisdom, but on the power of God. No prophet is accepted in his native place. Happy » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Jeremiah 20:7-9 Romans 12:1-2 Matthew 16:21-27 Reflection: Last Sunday in our Gospel reading, when we heard Peter confess that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” » Continue Reading.
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Mark 6:17-29 Reflection: With the reemergence of comic superheroes, a new phrase or question has developed, “What » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 Matthew 25:1-13 Reflection: “Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” I don’t know about you, but I oftentimes find I am » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Matthew 24:42-51 Reflection: The first line of the Gospel today says, “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Stay awake!’ For you do not know on which day » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 Matthew 23:27-322 Reflection: With no disrespect to the month of January or even to July 1, the month of August always presented itself as a » Continue Reading.
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17 Matthew 23:23-26 Reflection: Jesus speaks often of the sin of hypocrisy. It certainly seems that this was one of the sins that dismayed Jesus the » Continue Reading.