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Sunday May 5th: 3rd Sunday of Easter
The first part of this reflection is paraphrased from a reflection on today’s Gospel from John 21:1-19 from the website for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, usccb.org, by Fr. Greg Friedman, OFM. In the reflection it is noted that in the discourse between Jesus and Simon Peter, Jesus refers to Peter by his old name when He asks, “Simon son of… | Continue reading..
Sunday April 28th: 2nd Sunday of Easter
In today’s Gospel of John 20:19-31, on the day of Jesus’ resurrection, the Apostles are still hiding behind locked doors in fear and uncertainty when Jesus appears. First they hear His voice, “Peace be with you”. Once He said this, “He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when…” When did… | Continue reading..
Sunday April 21st: Easter Sunday
“Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.” (JN 20:1) On this Easter Sunday, this is how John’s Gospel begins. But why would Jesus need to remove the stone? Couldn’t He have just walked out without having… | Continue reading..
Sunday April 14th: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
In today’s Gospel from Luke 22:33-60, Jesus says to Peter, “before the cock crows this day, you will deny three times that you know me.” Despite Peter’s disbelief, we know that Jesus’ prophecy comes true as Peter does in fact deny Him three times. It is difficult to imagine the feelings and emotion that within… | Continue reading..
Sunday April 7th: 5th Sunday of Lent
Note: Reflection on Year C Readings; Year A Readings will be used at 6PM RCIA Mass. In today’s 2nd Reading from Saint Paul to the Philippians 3:8-14, Saint Paul is speaking of having given up everything, to the point of considering all worldly things a loss so that he may, as he puts it, forget… | Continue reading..
Sunday March 31st: 4th Sunday of Lent
Note: Reflection on Year C Readings; Year A Readings will be used at 6PM RCIA Mass. Today we hear a very familiar Gospel, “The Parable of the Lost Son”. This is a beautiful story of a Loving Father that of course we relate to our Father in Heaven. The overwhelming love he shows… | Continue reading..
Sunday March 24th : 3rd Sunday of Lent
Note: Reflection on Year C Readings; Year A Readings will be used at 6PM RCIA Mass. On this 3rd Sunday of Lent, we are given two warnings. The first comes in St. Paul’s 1st Letter to the Corinthians 10:12, as he explained that even those of God’s chosen people who desired evil things were… | Continue reading..
Sunday March 17th : 2nd Sunday of Lent
This week we hear from Luke’s Gospel 9:28-36, in the telling of the Transfiguration of Jesus. “While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah.” Peter, John and James “had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake,… | Continue reading..
Sunday March 10th : 1st Sunday of Lent
We hear in today’s Gospel from Luke 4:1-13, that Jesus was, “led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.” As we make our own journey through Lent, we must pay attention to how the devil is tempting us in our lives. The first step is the actual… | Continue reading..
Sunday February 24th : 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In the 2nd Reading from 1 COR 15:45-49, Paul writes of Adam, “the natural” and of Jesus, “the spiritual”. The reading concludes with the words, “Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.” In today’s Gospel from Luke 6, Jesus is speaking… | Continue reading..
