“This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. Those who eat this bread will live forever” (John 6.58). John’s gospel equates faith in Jesus with faith in Jesus’ signs. Eucharist is a performative sign, a commitment we live out, that we perform. Jesus isContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for June 11, 2023 – Blood and Body of Christ”
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Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Pentecost
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.1-11 1 Corinthians 12.3-7, 12-13 John 20.19-23 When it was evening on the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you” . . . He showedContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Pentecost”
Gospel Reflection for May 14, 2023 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Acts 8.5-8,14-17; 1 Peter 3.15-18; John 14.15-21 Jesus spoke to his disciples. “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I amContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for May 14, 2023 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for April 30, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.14,36-41; 1 Peter 2.20-25; John 10.1-10 I tell you truly, I am the sheepgate. All who came before me are thieves and marauders whom the sheep did not heed. I am the gate. Those who enter through me will be safe. They will go in and out, and find pasture. The thiefContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for April 30, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Easter”
Gospel Reflection for March 19, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Lent
Sunday Readings: 1 Samuel 16.1,6-7,10-13; Ephesians 5.8-14; John 9.1-41 Jesus heard that the teachers had expelled the man born blind from the synagogue, Jesus found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” The man answered, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can believe in him.” Jesus said to him,Continue reading “Gospel Reflection for March 19, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Lent”
Gospel Reflection for January 15, 2023 – 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 49.3,5-6 1 Corinthians 1.1-3 John 1.29-34 John the Baptist caught sight of Jesus and said, “Look there. The Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.”…John also gave this testimony, “I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from the sky, and come to rest on him. But, asContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for January 15, 2023 – 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 5, 2022 – Pentecost
Sunday Readings: Acts 2.1-11; 1 Corinthians 12.3-7,12-13; John 20.19-23 It was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” After this, he showedContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 5, 2022 – Pentecost”
Gospel Reflection for May 15, 2022 – 5th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts 14.21-27; Revelation 21.1-5; John 13.31-35 After Judas went out, Jesus began to speak“Now is the Son of Man glorified,and God is glorified in him.If God has been glorified in him,God will, in turn, glorify him soon.Children, I am with you only a little longer.A new commandment I give you: love one another.AsContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for May 15, 2022 – 5th Sunday of Easter”
Gospel Reflection for May 8, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts 13.14,43-52; Revelation 7.9, 14-17; John 10.27-30 JESUS: My sheep hear my voice.I know them, and they follow me.I give them eternal life,and they shall never perish.No one shall snatch them out of my hand.My Father, who has given them to me,is greater than all. No one can snatch themfrom the Father’s hand.The Father andContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for May 8, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Easter”
Gospel Reflection for May 1, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Sunday Readings: Acts 5.27-32, 40-41; Revelations 5.11-14; John 21.1-19After the disciples had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” Peter said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs” (John 21.15). After the big catch and the subsequent breakfast, theContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for May 1, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Easter”
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