Sunday Readings: Acts 4.32-35; 1 John 5.1-6; John 20.19-31 Jesus said to the disciples, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” He breathed on them, saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven them; if you hold them bound, they are held bound.”Continue reading “Gospel Reflection for April 11, 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Easter”
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Prayer of the Week
Gospel Reflection for February 23, 2020, 7th Sunday Ordinary Time
Scripture Readings: Leviticus 19.1-2, 17-18; 1 Corinthians 3.16-23; Matthew 5.38-48 “You have heard it said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemies.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for God makes the sunContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for February 23, 2020, 7th Sunday Ordinary Time”
Gospel Reflection for October 29, 2017, 30th Sunday Ordinary time
Scripture Readings: Exodus 22.20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1.5-10; Matthew 22.34-40 “Teacher, which commandment of the law is greatest?” – Matthew 22.36 Love God and neighbor without distinction. This is the distilled version of the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the religious community to which I belong. The mission calls us to act—to love and formContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for October 29, 2017, 30th Sunday Ordinary time”
Loving God and Neighbor
From the Spirit 4 Teens blog: “One cannot honor another person without blessing God who created the person. One cannot adore God without loving all God’s creatures.” Catechism of the Catholic Church #2069 Loving our neighbors as ourselves is another way of expressing the golden rule — “Do unto others as you would have themContinue reading “Loving God and Neighbor”
