Scripture:2 Kings 25:1-12Matthew 8:1-4Reflection:In reflecting on our first reading from 2 Kings today, I felt as if I was watching the nightly news, reading the local paper, listening to the » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Kings 24:8-17Matthew 7:21-29Reflection:In today’s Gospel reading Jesus continues His teaching about false prophets that we heard yesterday. He says some startling things: “not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3Matthew 7:15-20Reflection:Today’s gospel selection from Matthew (7:15-20) could not be more timely for us living in the United States and having to endure the caustic rhetoric that » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36Matthew 7:6, 12-14Reflection:“Blessed Be the Name of the Lord”Years ago, when one of my sisters-in-law celebrated her fiftieth birthday, she told me that a “good » Continue Reading.
Nativity of St. John the BaptistScripture:Isaiah 49:1-6Acts 13:22-26Luke 1:57-66, 80Reflection:“John is his name.” Today, we remember the birth of St John the Baptist. Admittedly, the Scriptures present him as rather » Continue Reading.
Scripture:Job 38:1, 8-112 Corinthians 5:14-17Mark 4:35-41Reflection:In our Gospel reading for Sunday (Mark 4:35-41), Jesus is with His disciples in a boat. A “violent squall” comes up, and the waves are » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Chronicles 24:17-25Matthew 6:24-34Reflection:“Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.” -Matthew 6:34Most of us live anxious lives. We » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18, 20Matthew 6:19-23Reflection:For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. -Matthew 6:23I don’t have a lot of money or as we term it treasure, and » Continue Reading.
Scripture:Sirach 48:1-14Matthew 6:7-15Reflection:The readings for today offer us quite a contrast. The first reading from the Book of Sirach we are presented with the fiery prophet Elijah and his impact » Continue Reading.
Scripture:2 Kings 2:1, 6-14Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18Reflection:At one time during the First World War a young British Army surgeon was accompanying his senior officer-surgeon around the wards of the wounded soldiers. » Continue Reading.