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Daily Scripture, July 7, 2025

Scripture:

Genesis 28:10-22a
Matthew 9:18-26

Reflection:

‘Courage, daughter!  Your faith has saved you.’
And from that hour the woman was cured.
  -Matthew 9:22

I had lunch with a “doubting Thomas” (well, really Bill) the other day. We hadn’t seen each other for years and were catching up. At one point we were talking about faith in Jesus. When I suggested that by following Jesus, he could affect healing and cures, he balked. “Oh no! that’s my lord and savior’s work.”

As our discussion proceeded, he told me of an adventure he experienced after retiring. Bill had been successful in the financial world and retired when he was 65. Thinking his current assets could do much better in another venture, he took them all, as well as those of other family and friends, and invested in a new venture. As he told the story this all sounded very exciting until he got to the point where every $1.00 invested eventually turned out to be worth forth-one cents. Bill, didn’t stop there. He kept trying (believing) and collaborating with others in the field, till eventually his and his friends’ assets rebounded doing better than ever.

God, help my unbelief today and no matter how bleak and terrible my life looks, help me believe in you, in your love and care not only for me, but for all your creation. Help me believe further that working with and caring for my sister, as well as Mother Earth, will heal us all.

Dan O’Donnell is a Passionist Partner and a longtime friend of the Passionists.  He lives in Chicago.  

Daily Scripture, January 30, 2010

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-7a, 10-17 Mark 4:35-41 Reflection: One of the most famous statements concerning fear is the message President Franklin Roosevelt gave the nation in 1933, when the country » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 31, 2010

Scripture: Jeremiah 1: 4-5 ,17-19 1Corinthians 12: 31, 13: 4-13 Luke 4: 21-30   Reflection: "…Love is patient, love is kind.  It is not jealous, it is not pompous…." Not » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 28, 2010

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 Mark 4:21-25 Reflection: "Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 27, 2010

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:4-17 Mark 4:1-20 Reflection: "But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 24, 2010

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Reflection: In the second reading the theme of unity in the midst of diversity is again offered to us » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 23, 2010

Scripture: 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 Mark 3:20-21 Reflection: When I was living in Carbondale, IL, a group called "Fools for Christ" came to perform at the Newman Center » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 22, 2010

Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:3-21 Mark 3:13-19 Reflection: "He appointed twelve, whom he also named Apostles, that they might be with him and he might send them forth to preach and » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 20, 2010

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 Mark 3:1-6 Reflection: The first reading for today’s Eucharist presents us with one of the most savored of all the stories in the Old » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 16, 2010

Scripture: 1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1a Mark 2:18-22 Reflection: Sometimes when one sees the person that a friend or family member has chosen to fall rapturously in love with, it » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, January 13, 2010

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: The prophet Isaiah wrote: "In quiet and in trust your strength lies." (Isaiah 30:15). As people of prayer and reflection and then action, we » Continue Reading.

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