Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-9,12John 5:1-16 Reflection: Twice I’ve stood close to the power and majesty of large waterfalls—at Niagara Falls and in the Colorado mountains. I vividly remember the enormous volume and thundering sounds of the cascading waters. Water has center…
Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-21John 4:43-54 Reflection: The Responsorial psalm in today’s readings captures so aptly today’s gospel:“I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.” Jesus had reproached the people who followed him with the titillating expectation that he would…
Fourth Sunday of Lent Scripture: Joshua 5:9a, 10-122 Corinthians 5:17-21Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Reflection: We all know the story of the Prodigal Son, who essentially proclaimed his father dead, took his inheritance, and shamed his family and himself by how he…
Scripture: Hosea 6:1-6Luke 18:9-14 Reflection: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. –Luke 18:13 Lent is a time of the liturgical year that requires me to reflect on my journey to becoming the person that God created me to…
Scripture: Hosea 14:2-10Mark 12:28-34 Reflection: The two greatest commandments: Love God and Love our Neighbor! The first is pretty much a given, loving God who loves us unconditionally is really a no-brainer! How can we do anything else but be…
Scripture: Jeremiah 7:23-28Luke 11:14-23 Reflection: What does the Kingdom of God look like? Today’s gospel tells us – or better, it shows us. “Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the…
Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9Matthew 5:17-19 Reflection: Amnesia: A medical condition characterized by a partial or total loss of memories, facts, information and experiences. In today’s scripture selections from the Book of Deuteronomy and the Gospel of Matthew, there are some…
Solemnity of the Annunciation of Our Lord Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10Hebrews 10:4-10Luke 1:26-38 Reflection: One of the commentaries for today’s Solemnity of the Annunciation reminds us of how we often assume that Mary’s inner life is a spiritual blank slate…
Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15b,Luke 4:24-30 Reflection: Welcoming Jesus A wonderful experience in my life was kneeling at the altar in the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, where Jesus took on our nature. Written under the altar in Latin is…
Third Sunday of Lent Scripture: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-151 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12Luke 13:1-9 Reflection: In Sunday’s Gospel reading (Luke 13:1-9), Jesus tells a parable about a barren fig tree. The owner of the fig tree is frustrated. The tree has been…