Daily Scripture, June 3, 2025
Scripture:
Reflection:
In Jesus’s prayers and discourses in John’s gospel, one can hear the early Christian community blending tradition, lived experience, and theologising together into the one faith-filled act of communal discernment and writing.
They express their ‘memory’ of Jesus as a ‘memorial’ – a living memory—and pray with him as he prays with and through them. The gospel emerges.
The words of the prayer express hope, faith, life and creed.
In prayerfully reading the text today, we can celebrate God’s gracious action in our world, the promise of eternal life, our capacity to know God through Jesus’s intercession, and the fact that we are eternally God’s loved ones.
Finally, we rejoice that we are God’s emissaries in the world. Let us take up our work and bring to life the mission we now share with Jesus.
Fr. Denis Travers, C.P., is the Provincial Superior of Holy Spirit Province, Australia.
Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11 Psalm 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Luke 14:1-6 Reflection: Friends and family alike often ask me: "Who are the Passionists? What do they do?" Here is » Continue Reading.
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22 Luke 6:12-16 Reflection: Today’s readings are wonderfully appropriate for this year of the Priest. The Gospel emphasizes the » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-9 Luke 13:22-30 Reflection: There is so much in today’s gospel, I hardly know where to begin. I think we should probably start with the question that is » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:32-5:8 Luke 13:10-17 Reflection: "Hypocrites!" This is certainly not a label that any of us would dare lay claim to. The evil of hypocrisy » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 Reflection: In our Gospel reading for Sunday (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus tells a parable addressed "to those who were convinced of » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33 or 5:2a, 25-32 Luke 13-18-21 Reflection: "For in hope, we were saved." I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve felt very small. Turn on the news » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6 Luke 12:54-59 Reflection: You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time? » Continue Reading.
Feast of St. Paul of the Cross (USA), Founder of the Passionist Congregation Scripture: Ephesians 3:2-12 Luke 12:39-48 Reflection: Today we celebrate the feast of St. Paul of the Cross, » Continue Reading.
Scripture: Ephesians 2:12-22 Luke 12:39-48 Reflection: "He (Christ) came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, for through him we both » Continue Reading.
Feast of St. Luke Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:10-17b Luke 10:1-9 Reflection: "’Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it » Continue Reading.