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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, October 31, 2009

Scripture: Romans 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29 Luke 14:1, 7-11 Reflection: "…..For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."   Today’s gospel takes place » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 28, 2009

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 importance of the » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 29, 2009

Scripture: Romans 8:31b-39 Luke 13:31-35 Reflection: I recently finished reading an incredible book. It was called "Surviving the Holocaust: The Kovno Ghetto Diary." It was an account of daily life » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 23, 2009

  Scripture: Romans 7:18-25a Luke 12:54-59       Reflection: In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus chides the crowds for being able to "interpret the appearance of the earth and sky," » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 21, 2009

Scripture: Romans 6:12-18 Luke 12:39-48 Reflection: Slavery/servanthood is a form of existence that has thankfully disappeared from most of western society, though instances of it still seem to perdure in » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 20, 2009

Scripture: Isaiah 61, 1-3 I Corinthians 1, 17-25 Mark 6:7-13 Reflection: St. Paul of the Cross, Founder of the Passionists, was born in 1694 in a small town called Ovada, » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 19, 2009

Scripture: Romans 4:20-25 Luke 12:13-21 Reflection: "Abraham did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God and was fully convinced that » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 16, 2009

Scripture: Romans 4:1-8Luke 12:1-7 Reflection: I’m pretty sure that most of my fellow humans have, at some point, looked at a person who seemingly did nothing but somehow got ahead » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 13, 2009

Scripture: Romans 1:16-25 Luke 11:37-41 Reflection: Hand sanitizers are everywhere you look these days as we try to protect ourselves each other from the seasonal viruses that menace the land.  » Continue Reading.

Daily Scripture, October 11, 2009

Scripture: Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrews 4:12-13 Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 Reflection: As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good » Continue Reading.

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