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Scripture: Isaiah 26:1-6Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Reflection: Editors’ note: It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of our Passionist brother, Father Don Senior, CP, whose Scripture reflections we have published over the past several years. As we look…
Scripture: Romans 10:9-18Matthew 4:18-22 Reflection: Imagine being a fisherman – your livelihood, your family’s future, everything depends on the catch of the day, and without that you have no income, no way of feeding and supporting your family. But that…
Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10Luke 10:21-24 Reflection: Radical Hope: The Advent Challenge As we move into the spirit of Advent, today’s Scripture passages invite us to enter this special season with radical hope: God’s Love is greater than we can imagine, even…
Scripture: Isaiah 4:2-6Matthew 8:5-11 Reflection: Happy Advent 2022! The word Advent comes from the Latin word ‘adventus’ meaning coming. Christians around the world celebrate this time of preparation for the coming of the child Jesus into our lives and most…
First Sunday of Advent Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:37-44 Reflection: The day Noah entered the ark… At that point, everything changed. Before the flood, many people were living their lives in their own way, but not always in God’s way.…
Scripture: Revelation 22:1-7Luke 21:34-36 Reflection: It’s the last day of the year…of the liturgical year, that is. Tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent, the start of a new cycle in the Church year. The psalm response for today leans…
Scripture: Revelation 20:1-4, 11—21:2Luke 21:29-33 Reflection: As I pondered over and prayed with today’s readings, the image of the book of life was slowly weaving its way through my mind and heart. Faced with apocalyptic pools of fire, it’s hard…
Scripture: Sirach 50:22-241 Corinthians 1:3-9Luke 17:11-19 Reflection: Thanksgiving and Praise As he was entering a village, ten persons with leprosy met him.They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying,“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” Lepers were…
Scripture: Revelation 14:14-19Luke 21: 5-11 Reflection: Herod rebuilt the temple using huge stones weighing between two thousand and fifty thousand pounds apiece; engineered fifteen stories tall, so precisely fit that no mortar was necessary. Each stone was seated a half…
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Scripture: Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5Luke 21:1-4 Reflection: An apocryphal source recounts that Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anne who had been childless received a message in a dream that would have a child. In thanksgiving for…