Scripture: Isaiah 56:1-3a, 6-8John 5:33-36 Reflection: “Observe what is right, do what is just.” Isaiah 56:1 Have you ever met a person that you felt was holy, or the closest to holy that you might encounter as a person living…
Scripture: Isaiah 54:1-10Luke 7:24-30 Reflection: Our Gospel passage is one of my favorites during this Advent season. And the question contained within it parallels another “favorite” question of mine found in another Gospel passage. In today’s Gospel from Luke we…
Scripture: Isaiah 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25Luke 7:18b-23 Reflection: Today we read the profoundly beautiful words from Isaiah, chapter 45 when he declares: “Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop it down.” In…
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Scripture: Zechariah 2:14-17 orRevelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10abLuke 1:26-38 or 1:39-47 Reflection: I believe in the Word of God bringing us to the fulfillment of God’s Plan, the harmonization of all God’s creation, and the…
Third Sunday of Advent Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10James 5:7-10Matthew 11:2-11 Reflection: The Third Sunday of Advent is referred to as “Gaudete Sunday.” “Gaudete” means “Rejoice!” We rejoice because the coming, the advent, of our Savior, is near. And so we…
Scripture: Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11Mathew 17:9a, 10-13 Reflection: Are you familiar with “confirmation bias”? It’s the universal human tendency to find what we’re looking for. We accept data that confirms what we already believe and dismiss anything contradictory, searching for experts…
Scripture: Genesis 3:9-15, 20Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 Luke 1:26-38 Reflection: The Immaculate Conception Today is the day we honor our Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her immaculate conception. From her very conception she was filled with God’s grace. She was…
Scripture: Isaiah 40:25-31Matthew 11:28-30 Reflection: Though young men faint and grow weary,and youths stagger and fall,They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength,they will soar as with eagles’ wings;They will run and not grow weary,walk and not grow…
Scripture: Isaiah 40: 1-11Matthew 18:12-14 Reflection: Advent invites us to ponder deeply who we are in light of God becoming one of us, flesh and blood in real time and space… the Incarnation. No other faith tradition even attempts to…
Second Sunday of Advent Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10Romans 15:4-9Matthew 3:1-12 Reflection: The “Best” Is Yet to Come! Today’s Gospel presents the great Advent figure of John the Baptist, boldly making his appearance as an ardent and eccentric preacher in the desert…